9779. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. * * * v. William Robert Had- 
dock. Plea of guilty. Fine, $75. (F. & D. No. 14342. I, S. Nos. 
4208-t, 4226-t.)
On May 2, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of Ken- 
tucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said' district an .information against William 
Robert Haddock, Henshaw, Ky., alleging shipment by said defendant, in 
-violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 18 and 21, 1920, 
respectively, from the State of Kentucky into the State of Indiana, of quanti- 
ties of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of samples 
taken from both consignments showed 11.11 per cent and 13.33 per cent, re- 
spectively, of inedible eggs, consisting of mixed or white rots, moldy eggs, spot 
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 
substance.
On May 2, 1921, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
:and the court imposed a fine of $75.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.