22927. Adulteration of  eg?g?  colors.     V.   S.  v.  5%   Gross  and   5%   Gross  of
Essr   Colors.     Default   decrees   of   condemnation.      (F.   &   D.   nos. 
32460,  32461-    Sample nos.  62501-A,  62502-A.)
These cases involved egg colors consisting of blue, red, and yellow colors. 
Analyses showed that the yellow color contained excessive lead.
On March 28, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme 
Court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 11 gross cardboard display cards, each containing 
three unlabeled vials of egg colors, at Washington, D. C, alleging that the 
article was in possession of the Hecht Co., and Lansburgh & Bro., and was being 
offered for sale in the District of Columbia, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The display card was labeled: " Simplex 
Egg Color Set   *    *    *    Manufactured by Nu-Dell Products, Inc., Chicago."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it in- 
jurious to health.
On September 26, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condem- 
nation were entered and the court ordered that the product be disposed of in 
such manner as would not violate the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.