4910. Adulteration of frtusen e^g-s. U. S. * * * ~r. Joiia H. Dillon et a.1.?
(DiUoa & Douglass). Pleas of nolo eon.teiicI.ere. Fines, SjiSQ. (F. & D,?
No. 6965.    I. S. No. 731-k.)
On or about March 28, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of?
Rhode Island, 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 H. Dillon and William H. Douglass, copartners, trading as Dillon and?
Douglass, Providence, R. I., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 3, 1-915, from the State of?
Rhode Island into the State of Massachusetts, of a quantity of frozen eggs,?
which were adulterated.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry, of this?
department, showed the following results after one day's incubation L
Organisms per cc, plain agar, at 25? C?
190, 000, 000
Organisms per cc, plain agar, at 87? C?
127, 000, 000
Gas-producing organisms per cc?
?100, 000
Odor, musty and rotten.    A large amount of mold found, show??
ing that it is a spot egg product.?
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that  it consisted,  in whole or in part,  of a filthy  and  decomposed  animal?
substance.
On June 15, 1916, the defendant Dillon entered a plea of nolo contendere to?
the information and on January 29, 1917, the defendant Douglass entered a?
similar plea, and the court imposed fines of $20 and $10, respectively.
R. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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