20021. Adulteration of shell eggs.     U.S. v. 303  Cases  of  Shell  Eggs.     De¬
cree of destruction entered.     (F. & D. No. 28576.    Sample No. 11014-A.)
This case involved the shipment of a quantity of shell eggs that were found 
to be in part decomposed.
On July 14, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 303 cases of shell eggs, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Jersey City, N.J., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about March 10, 1931, by the Santa Ana Poultry & Egg 
Co., from Santa Ana, Tex., to Jersey City, N.J., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On August 15, 1932, the owner having expressed a desire to surrender the 
eggs for destruction, judgment was entered by the court ordering that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.