5 2108. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. -v. 5essie A Word Bentley and Roy 
Altama Frame (Bentley & Frame). Case dismissed as to Roy 
Altama Frame. Plea of guilty by 5essie Alford Bentley. Fine, 
$15.     (5B\ & D. No. 17947.    I. S. No. 5961-v.)
On 5anuary 16, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 
5essie Alford Bentley and Roy Altama Frame, copartners, i rad ng as Bentley 
& Frame, Bloomburg, Tex., alleging shipment by sa>d defendants, in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 5uly 4, 1923, from the State of Texas 
into the State of Louisiana, of a quantity of eggs which were adulterated. The 
article was labeled in part: " From Bentley & Frame Bloomburg, Tex."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of rlrs department of the 720 
eggs in the consignment showed that 83, or 11.5 per cent of those examined, 
were inedible eggs, consisting of black rots, mixed or white rots, moldy eggs, 
spot rots, heavy blood rings, and enlarged embryos.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed animal 
substance.
On February 18, 1924, the case against Roy Altama Frame having been 
dismissed, a plea of guilty was entered by 5essie Alford Bentley, and the court 
imposed a fine of $15 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.