United States v. An Article of Food Consisting of: 1,200 Cans, Article Labeled in Part (can) 30 Lbs. Net Weight, Pasteurized Whole Eggs, Distributed by Frigid Food Products, Inc.

SIDNEY 0. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

These five actions were brought in different parts of the United States pursuant to Section 304 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 334) to condemn and destroy as adulterated various lots of pasteurized frozen whole eggs and sugar yolks processed and introduced into interstate commerce by the Golden Egg Products, Inc. of Oneonta, Alabama (“Golden Egg”). Proceeding under the statute, the government contends that the lots were “adulterated” in one or more of the definitions prescribed by Congress in 21 U.S.C. § 342, which provides in part:

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