6761.?Adulteration of frozen eg-g- yolks.    U. S.    *    *     *    v. 500 Cans    *     *     ?
and 541 Cans of Frozen Egg Yollcs. Consent decree of condemna??
tion and forfeiture.     Product ordered released on bond.     (F. & D.
No. 9136.    I. S. Nos. 3034-3035-p.    S. No. E-1069.)
On July 11, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure?
and condemnation of 500 cans and 541 cans of frozen egg yolks, consigned by?
W. G. Howard & Co., Chicago, 111., remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or
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about May 21, 1918, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State?
of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub??
stance.
On July 19, 1918, the said W-. G. Howard & Co., claimant, having consented?
to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product should be released to said claimant upon?
the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the?
sum of $9,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that?
the product should be shipped to the food commissioner of the State of Illinois?
for resortment.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.