Notice of Judgment Nos. 22-24.	
Issued November 12, 1908
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE  SECRETARY,?
BOARD   OF  FOOD  AND  DRUG  INSPECTION.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NOS. 22-24, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
32. Misbranding of Eggs.
23.	Adulteration and Misbranding of Vinegar (Distilled vinegar artificially colored).
24.	Adulteration and Misbranding of Molasses (Admixture of glucose).
(N.  J.   88.)
MISBRANDING OF EGGS.
In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Food and?
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and of regulation 6 of the rules and regu??
lations for the enforcement of the act, notice is given that on the 3d?
day of June, 1908, in the police court of the District of Columbia, in?
a criminal prosecution by the United States against Golden & Co., a?
corporation, for violation of section 2 of the aforesaid act, in the sale?
and offer for sale in said District of misbranded eggs?that is to say,?
eggs contained in cases to which were attached labels bearing the?
statement "Strictly Fresh Eggs"?the said Golden & Co., defendant,?
entered a plea of guilty, whereupon the court imposed upon it a fine?
of $75.
The facts in the case were as follows:
On December 19, 1907, an inspector of the Department of Agricul??
ture purchased from the F. Rogerson Company, 920 Louisiana avenue,?
Washington, D. C, samples of eggs which were contained in crates?
upon the ends of which were pasted labels bearing the statement?
"Strictly Fresh Eggs from Golden & Co., 922-928 Louisiana avenue,?
Washington, D. C." The eggs had been purchased on said dateby?
the Rogerson Company from Golden & Co.
The eggs were forthwith examined in the Bureau of Chemistry of?
said Department and the result disclosed that they were not fresh;?
that the albumen in some of the eggs clung to the shell membrane;?
that the size of the air chamber varied from one-fifth to almost one-?
half the size of the egg, showing a large amount of evaporation; that?
minute rosette crystals were in the albumen of each egg, and that?
large rosette crystals were in the yolk of each egg. The eggs were?
therefore misbranded within the meaning of section 8 of the act.
On January 28, 1908, the Secretary of Agriculture accorded the?
parties a hearing. As nothing was disclosed at this hearing tending?
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to show any fault or error in the result of the aforesaid examination,?
the facts were duly reported to the Attorney-General and by him to?
the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, who, on the?
29th day of May, 1908, filed an information in the police court of said?
District alleging the sale of misbranded eggs by said Golden & Co. to?
the said Rogerson Company, with the result hereinbefore stated.
H. W. WILEY,?
F. L. DUNLAP,?
GEO. P. MCCABE,?
Board of Food and Drug Inspection.?
Approved:
W. L. MOOKE,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15, 1908.