F. & D. No. 2323.
I. S. No. 9915-c.	
Issued May 17, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1385.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF OYSTERS.
On April 14, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
information in the Police Court of said District against James C.?
Bailey, alleging that he unlawfully did offer for sale within said?
District, on September IT, 1910, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, a quantity of oysters which were adulterated. The product bore?
no label.
An examination of a sample of said product made by the Bureau?
of Chemistry, of the United States Department of Agriculture showed?
the presence of an excessive number of organisms including the B.?
coli group in 5 out of 5 oysters in 1 cc liquor; 5 out of 5 oysters in?
0.1 cc liquor; 2 out of 5 oysters in 0.01 cc liquor, indicating a filthy,?
decomposed substance. Adulteration was alleged for the reason that?
the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed,?
and putrid animal or vegetable substance.
On November 28, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and was
fined $5.
W. M. HATS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, February ?, 1912.
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