7605. Adulteration   of   eggs.   V.   S.    *    *    *   v.   17   Cases   of   Eggs.   Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture.   Product ox'dered released 
on bond.     (F. & D. No. 11451.    I. S. No. 2539-x.    S. No. W-473.)
On August 27, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 17 cases, each containing 30 dozen of eggs, consigned by B. W. Hayden, 
Benkelman, Neb., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Denver, 
Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about August 20, 1919, 
and transported from the State of Nebraska into the State of Colorado, 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 con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, decomposed 
and rotten eggs, and was unfit for food.
On November 4, 1919, George L. Reed, Denver, Colo., claimant, having con- 
sented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimant upon 
the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a good and 
sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.