23301. Adulteration   and misbranding of  frozen   eggs.   V.   S.   v.   Marshall
Kirby Co.   Plea  of guilty.     Fine, S50.    (F. & D.  no.  27447.    I.  S.  no. 
028461.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of frozen eggs, sample cans 
of which were found to be putrid, sour, or musty. The cans failed to bear 
a statement on the label of the quantity of the contents.
On November 23, 1931, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Marshall Kirby Co., a corporation, 
Terre Haute, Ind., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about June 19, 1930, from the State of 
Indiana into the State of New Jersey, of a quantity of frozen eggs which were 
adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package 
form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the package.
On November 14, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.