6976. Adulteration of csss- V. S. * * * v. Lee W. Martin, Charles I,. Mer??
ing:, and William W. Boies (Mcring, Martin <fe Boies Co.). Pleas of?
guilty.    Fine, $50 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 9491.    I. g. No. 11829-p.)
On March 13, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Lee W. Martin, Charles L. Mering, and William W. Boies, copartners, trading?
as Mering, Martin & Boies Co., Altus, Okla., alleging shipment by said defend??
ants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 3, 1918, from?
the State of Oklahoma into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of shell eggs?
which were adulterated.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau ox Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Per cent?
Case No.	
inedible eggs.
27. 77
    8. 33
93. 87
53. 32
26. 66
    0. 00
29. 99
    7. 22
38. 88
10?
14. 44
11?
    7- 77
12?
26. 66
13?
   0. 55
14?
34. 99
15?
75. 54
Number of cases  in  shipment: 427.
Number of cases examined: 15.
Number of eggs examined in each case: 180.
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On April 8, 1919, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. P. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.