10279. Adulteration of shell eggs.    IT. S. v. 600 Cases of Shell Eggs.    Consent
decree    of    condemnation.      Product    ordered    released    under    bond.
(F. D. C. No. 17647.    Sample No. 7354-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 11, 1945, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 7, 1945, by Des Moines Produce Co., 
Des Moines, Iowa.
PRODUCT: 600 cases each containing 30 dozen shell eggs at New York, N. Y. This 
product was in possession of the Lehigh Valley Railroad when sampled. It had 
been held on the railroad delivery platform for a few days and then placed in 
the railroad refrigerator at a temperature of 32?. The condition of the eggs at 
the time of shipment could not be determined.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
DISPOSITION: November 7, 1945. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., New York, 
N. Y., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, con- 
ditioned that the unfit portion be segregated and denatured or destroyed under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. 
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