25182. Adulteration of eggs. U. S. v. 209 Crates of Eggs. Consent decree of 
condemnation. Product released under bond. (F. & D. no. 36404. 
Sample no. 32092-B.)
This case involved a shipment of shell eggs which were in part decomposed.
On or about August 20, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 209 crates 
of eggs at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about August 15, 1935, by H. W. Richter, Fremont, Nebr., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On August 22, 1935, Max Herz & Sons, Inc., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the 
product be released under bond conditioned that the good eggs be separated 
from the bad and the former, only, disposed of for consumption as food.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.