11640.?Adulteration of shell egg-s.     U. S. v. Tuclcer Mercantile Co., a Cor?
poration.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, S100 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 11346.
I. S. Nos. 7536-r, 7537-r, 753-9-r )
On December 15, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Texas, 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 Tucker Mercantile Co., a corporation, Knox City, Tex?, alleging shipment?
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, in various con??
signments, namely, on or about July 5, 7, and 14, 1919, respectively, from the?
State of Texas into the State of Oklahoma, of quantities of shell eggs which?
were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: " From Tucker Mercantile?
Co., Knox City, Texas."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 360 eggs?
from each of the consignments showed that 70, 28, and 180, respectively, or?
19.44, 7.77, and 50 per cent, respectively, of those examined, were inedible?
eggs, consisting of black rots, mixed or white rots, moldy eggs, spot rots, and?
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 April 2, 1923, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant company, and'the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
HOWARD M. GOKE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.