10380. Adulteration of  shell   eggs.     V.  S.     *     *     *     v.  John   Schenkenber-
g-er.     Plea of gnilty.     Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 11960.    I. S. No. 6949-r.)
On May 24, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of North Dakota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against John Schenken- 
berger, Linton, N. D., alleg'ng shipment by said defendant, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 11, 1919, from the State of North Dakota 
into the State of Minnesota, of a quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of the 1,080 eggs in -the consignment, by the Bureau of Chemis- 
try of this department, showed the presence of 315, or 29.16 per cent, inedible- 
eggs, consisting of black rots, 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, putrid, and decomposed animal 
substance.
On April 11, 1922, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.