7154. Adulteration of  shell   eggs.     U.   S.    *    *    *   v.  Vilting   Sjostrom   (Sjo 
strom  Bros.).     Plea   of  guilty.     Fine,   $25   and   ?osts.     (F.   &   I>.   No.
9972.    I.  S. No. 11757-p.)
On August 14, 1919, the United States .attorney for the Northern Distrigt of 
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Viking 
Sjostrom, trading as Sjostrom Bros., Le Mars, Iowa, alleging shipment by said 
defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about June 18, 1918, 
from the State of Iowa into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of eggs which 
were adulterated. 
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Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that in 5 half cases there were 138 inedible eggs, or 15.3 
per cent.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On October 21, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.