6749.?Ad alteration of eggs.    XJ. S.    *    *    *    v.  George R. Broolts, William O.
Broolcs, and George Ross Broolss, jr. (Brooks & Sons). Pleas of?
gniltj.     Fine, $10 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 9114.     I. S. No. 16502-p.)
On November 15, 1918, 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 George It. Brooks,?
William 0. Brooks, and George Ross Brooks, jr., copartners, trading as Brooks?
and Sons, Moreland, Kans., alleging shipment by said defendants in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 8, 1917, from the State of?
Kansas into the State of Colorado, of a quantity of shell eggs which were?
adulterated.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed in 5 one-half cases ,116 or 12.8 per cent inedible eggs, con??
sisting mainly of white rots and heavy blood rings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal?
substa nee.
On November 26, 1918, the defendant;? entered pleas of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.