9825. Adulteration of shell eggs.    U. S.     *     *      *     v. Jeff Russell.     Plea  of
guilty.    Fine, «5.     (F. & D. No. 13898.    I. S.  No. 9556-r.)
On February 21, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Jeff Russell, Hope, Ark., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about June 15, 1920, from the State of Arkansas 
into the State of Texas, of a quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 180 eggs from 
each of the four cases in the consignment showed that 102, or 14.1 per cent of 
those examined, were inedible, consisting of black rots, mixed or white rots, 
spot rots, and heavy blood rings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal 
substance.
On May 9,1921, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, and 
the court imposed a fine of $5.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.