10525. Adulteration of sbell eggs.    U. S.     *     *     *    v. Job a M. Patten (Law- 
ton   Poultry   &   Egg   Co.).     Plea   of  guilty.     Fine,   $25   and   costs.
(F. & D. No. 15853.    I. S. Nos. 2003-t, 3397-t.)
On February 25, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Oklahoma, 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 M. Patten, trading as the Lawton Poultry & Egg Co., Lawton, Okla., alleg- 
ing shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or 
about July 12 and 19, 1921, respectively, from the State of Oklahoma into the 
State of Kansas, of quantities of shell eggs which were adulterated.
Examination, by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department, of 1,080 eggs- 
from each of the consignments showed the presence of 168 and 65, respectively, 
or 15.55 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively, of the total, inedible eggs,, 
consisting of black rots, mixed or white rots, moldy eggs, spot rots, and heavy 
blood rings.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On March 17, 1922, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.