8207. Adulteration of shell eggs. IT. S. *, * * v. Henry Glass (Henry?
Glass Produce Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $10. (F. & D. No. 10054.?
I.  S. Nos.  6658-r, 6659-r.)
On July 18, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Ar??
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 Henry Glass,?
trading as the Henry Glass Produce Co., Highfill, Ark., alleging shipment?
by said defendant in the name of J. R. Bever Co., on or about August 12, 1918,?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, from the State of Arkansas into the?
State of Louisiana, of 2 consignments of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of samples from each shipment of the article, consisting of 3?
half-cases and i case, respectively, made by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that 245 eggs, or 45 per cent, and 66 eggs, or 36 per cent,?
respectively, were inedible.
Adulteration bf 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?
Substance.
On September 25,1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary'of Agriculture.