15295. Adulteration of sbell eggs. TJ. S. v. Otto Bnrtscher. Plea of guilty. 
Fine, $50 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 19731.    I. S. No. 24626-v,)
On July 24, 1926, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the i 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against; 
Otto Burtscher, Kaw, Okla., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violatiofl - 
of the food and drugs act, on or about June 27, 1925, from the State oJt I 
Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of eggs which were adul-J 
terated.   The article was labeled in part: "From Otto Burtscher Kaw, Okht:'f|
Examination by this department of 3 half cases, or 540 eggs, showed 519, orl 
96.1 per cent, inedible eggs. 
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Jt was alleged in the infoirmation that the article was adulterated, in that 
it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
. On May 9, 1927, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
"W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.