5748.  Adulteration of shell eggs.    U. S.     *     *     *     v. William Cordes,     Plea 
of guilty.    Fine, $10 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 8048.    I. S. No. 11513-m.)
On March 20, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against William 
Cordes, Fulton, Kans., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 17, 1916, from the State of Kansas 
into the State of Missouri, of a quantity of eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of 324 eggs by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed 124 eggs, or 38.3 per cent, to be inedible and decomposed.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On May 7, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.