20651. Adulteration of canned frozen whole eggs. V. S. v. Kadane-BroTvn, Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $125. (F. & D. no. 28082. I.S. no. 38711.) This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned frozen whole eggs, samples of which were found to be decomposed. On May 12, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Kadane-Brown, Inc., a corporation, Dallas, Tex., alleging shipment by said company on or about September 23, 1931, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, from the State of Texas into the State of New Jersey, of a quantity of canned frozen whole eggs that were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Whole Eggs American Albumen Corporation Frozen Eggs * * * New York Dallas." It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in part of decomposed and putrid animal substances. On January 27, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $125. R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.