F. & D.  No. 3118.
S. No. 1202.	
Issued November 30, 1912
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTTCE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1791.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the B'ood and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF OYSTERS.
On December 21, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Dis??
trict of Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul??
ture, filed in the Supreme Court of said District, holding a district?
court, a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 1 barrel, more or?
less, oysters in shell, remaining unsold and in possession of Henry?
R. Concklin, Washington, D. C, alleging that the product had been?
transported from the State of Virginia into the District of Columbia,?
date of shipment not shown, and charging adulteration in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act.   The product bore no label.
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that the prod??
uct consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or?
vegetable substance, for which reason the oysters were absolutely?
unfit for human consumption.
On December 29, 1911, no claimant having appeared for the prop??
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it?
was further ordered that the product should be destroyed by the?
United States marshal.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 2,1912.
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