NOTICE  OF JUDGMENT  NO. 2107.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OP EVAPORATED EGGS.
On July 27, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an 
information against Charles H. Weaver, Charles A. Weaver, and 
L. Bernard Kilbourne, copartners, doing business as C. H. Weaver & 
Co., Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by them, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on February 17, 1910, from the State of Illinois into 
the State of New York of a quantity of evaporated eggs which were 
adulterated. The product was labeled: "Holtaling-Warner Co., 
Syracuse, N. Y."
Examination of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chem- 
istry of this Department showed the presence of an excessive number 
of organisms, including members of the B. coli group and streptococci, 
in sufficient numbers which indicated that the product consisted 
wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance. Adul- 
teration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal 
substance.
On September 25, 1912, defendants entered pleas of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $50 with costs.
¦W.M.HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 18, 1912.
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