24178. Adulteration of frozen  eggs.    U.  S. v.  Swift &  Co.    Flea of guilty.
Fine, $250.     (F. & D. no. 26681.    I. S. no. 9167.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of frozen eggs which were 
found to be in part decomposed.
On December 22, 1931, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court an information against Swift & Co., a corporation, trading 
at Fort Worth, Tex., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act on or about May 5, 1930, from the State of Texas into 
the State of Maryland of a quantity of frozen eggs which were adulterated. 
The article was contained in cans labeled in part: "American Albumen Cor- 
poration   Frozen Eggs   *    *    *   New York-Dallas   Mixed Eggs."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On January 11, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $250.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.