11297. Adulteration of shell eggs. tJ. S. v. Roy Endicott. Plea of guilty.? Fine, $50 and costs. (F. & D. No. 16931. I. S. No. 2048-t.) On February 2, 1923, 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 N.J. 11251-11300.] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 147 Roy Endicott, Newkirk, Okla., alleging shipment by said defendant, in viola?? tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about June 21, 1922, from the State of? Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of shell eggs which were? adulterated. Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of the four cases? involved in the consignment showed that 116, or 8 per cent of the total, were? 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 part of a filthy and putrid and decomposed animal substance. On February 9, 1923, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,? and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs. C. W. PUGSIJEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.