11043.?Adulteration of shell eggs.    U. S. v. John Roper and Jesse "W. Jones
(Roper & Jones).    Pleas of gnilty.     Fine, S50 and costs.     (F. & D.
No. 15594.    I.  S. No.  1496-t.)
On April 3, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Mississippi, 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 Roper and Jesse W. Jones, trading as Roper & Jones, Saltillo, Miss., alleg??
ing shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or?
about September 20, 1921, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Ala??
bama, of a quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated. The article was?
labeled in part: " * * * Roper & Jones, General Merchandise, Saltillo, Mis??
sissippi."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 540 eggs from?
the consignment showed the presence of 53 inedible eggs, or 9.8 per cent of those?
examined, which consisted 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On October 2, 1922, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.