S434. Adulteration of sliell eggs. TJ. s. * * * v. Victor J. Yanson. Flea?
of guilty.' 'Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 10593.    I. S. No. 5651-r.)
On September 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of North?
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against Victor?
J. Yanson, Newburg, N. Dak., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation?
off the Food and Drugs:Act, on or about July 3, 1918, from the State of North?
Dakota into the State of Minnesota, of a quantity of shell eggs which were?
? adulterated.
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Examination of 5 cases (180 eggs from each, case) by the Bureau of Chem??
istry of this department showed a total of 138, or 15 per cent, inedible eggs.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal sub??
stance.
On October 14, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,,?
and the court imposed a fine of 25.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.