10926.?Adulteration   of   shell   eggs.     U.   S.   v.   John   W.   Melton.     Plea   of
guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 15064.    I. S. No. 4227-t.)
On January 23, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
John W. Melton, Wrightsburg, Ky., alleging shipment by said defendant, in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. on or about August 22, 1920, from the?
State of Kentucky into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of shell eggs which?
were adulterated.
Examination, by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department, of the 360 eggs?
involved in the consignment showed the presence of 60, or 16.67 per cent of?
those examined, inedible eggs, 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 and decomposed and putrid animal?
substance.
On May 1, 1922, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.