9466. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. * * * v. Jesse J. Tucker and 
Roby A. Huffman (Canton Produce Co.). Pleas of guilty. Fines, 
$50.     (F. & D. No. 14561.    I. S. No. 329-t.)
On May 11, 1921, 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 
Jesse J. Tucker and Roby A. Huffman, trading as the Canton Produce Co., 
Canton, Okla., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about July 8, 1920, from the State of Oklahoma into the 
State of Kansas, of a quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of the 360 eggs contained in the consignment by the Bureau of 
Chemistry of this department showed the presence of 60, or 16.66 per cent, 
inedible eggs, consisting of mixed or white rots, soured rots, spot rots, and 
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 
substance.
On May 23, 1921, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed fines of $25 each.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture,