5068.  Adulteration of eggs.    U. S.   *    *    *   v. Benjamin F. Morelli.    Plea
oĢ guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 8294.    I. S.^ No. 1706-m.)
On August 21, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Benjamin 
F. Molecular, Carnsforth, Iowa, alleging shipment by said defendant, in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 5, 1916, from the State 
of Iowa into the Stale of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of shell eggs which were 
adulterated.
Examination of 5 one-half cases, 900 eggs, by the Bureau of Chemistry of 
this department showed 140 bad eggs, or 15.55 per cent.
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 November 30, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
CAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.