1562. Adulteration and misbranding of frozen whole eggs.     U. S. v. Swift & Co.
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $200. (F. D. C. No. 2977. Sample Nos. 
9849-E, 9855-E, 9860-E.)
Analysis showed that this product was a mixture of whole eggs and egg whites.
On May 21, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas filed an information against Swift & Co., a corporation having a place of 
business at Houston, Tex., alleging shipment on or about July 15, 1940, from 
the State of Texas into the State of Illinois of a quantity of whole eggs that 
were adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a mixture of whole eggs and 
egg whites had been substituted wholly or in part for whole eggs, which it 
purported to be.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that it purported to be or was represented 
as frozen whole eggs, a food for which a definition and standard of identity 
had been prescribed by regulations as provided by law, but did not conform to 
such definition and standard of identity in that the regulations prescribe that 
frozen whole eggs are the food prepared by freezing liquid eggs and that liquid 
eggs are eggs of the domestic hen broken from the shells and with yolks and 
whites in their natural proportion as so broken; whereas the article had not 
been prepared as required by said regulations but had been prepared by freezing 
a mixture of liquid eggs and added egg whites.
On June 25, 1941, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf of 
the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $200.