12200. Adulteration of frozen eg-??s. V. S. v. Northern Produce Co., a 
Corporation. Plea of guilty. Fine, $10. (F. & D. No. 17241. I. S. 
No. 893-t.)
On December 4,1923, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
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 
Northern Produce Co., a corporation, St. Paul, Minn., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 3L, 
1921, from the State of Minnesota into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of 
frozen eggs which were adulterated.
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed a high 
bacteria count in the product, with large numbers of gas-producing organisms 
present. Physical examination showed that the product had a putrid or sour 
odor.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid 
animal substance.
On December 21, 1923, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the in- 
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
HOWAED M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.