11073. Adultex-ation of shell egg?. V. S. v. Barnett Snpply Co., a Corpora??
tion. Plea of guilty. Fine, ?50 and costs. (P. & D. No. 15592.?
I. S. No. 3353-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?
the Barnett Supply Co., a corporation, Booneville, Miss., alleging shipment?
by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about Septem??
ber 22, 1921, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Alabama, of a?
quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated. The article was labeled in?
part: (Tag) "The eggs contained in this case have been carefully candled by
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M on 9-21-1921 for Barnett Supply Co., Booneville, Miss., and all unfit for food?
have been excluded."
Examination, by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department, of 360 eggs?
from the consignment showed the presence of 46 inedible eggs, or 12.8 per?
cent of those examined, which consisted of mixed or white rots and blood?
rings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
?consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On October 2, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on be??
half of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Sewetary of Agriculture.