10347. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. * * * v. O'Daniel-Kennedy-?
Cnmmings Co., a Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $25 and?
costs.     (P. & D. No. 15587.    I. S. No. 1500-t.)
On January 12, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
the O'Daniel-Kennedy-Cummings Co., a corporation, Rutherford, Tenn., alleg??
ing shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or?
about September 21, 1921, from the State of Tennessee into' the State of?
Alabama, of a quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 360 eggs?
from the consignment showed the presence of 47, or 13 per cent, inedible eggs,?
consisting of black rots, mixed or white 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 March 31, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on be??
half of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and?
costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.