12374. Adulteration and misbranding of shell eggs. U. S. v. Frederick Li. 
Gile,  jr.   (Maple  Olen  Farm).     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine,  $10.     (P.   &
D. No. 18462.    I. S. No. 1955-v.)
On May 17, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Frederick 
L. Gile, jr., trading as Maple Glen Farm, Saco, Me., alleging shipment by said 
defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about November 1, 
1923, from the State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, of a quantity 
of shell eggs which were adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: " From Maple Glen Farm   *    *    *    Saco, Maine."
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed that the product consisted of stale eggs.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that stale eggs had been substituted in whole or in part for fresh eggs, which 
the said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was sold under the 
distinctive name of another article, to wit, fresh eggs.
On May 28, 1924, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
HOWARD M. GOKE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture