NOTICE  OF JUDGMENT  NO. 2095.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND  MISBRANDING  OF OYSTERS.
On February 14, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis- 
trict a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 150 cases each con- 
taining two dozen cans of cove oysters remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages and in possession of Chastain, Davis & Vestal Co. 
Knoxville, Tenn., alleging that the product had been shipped on or 
about September 15, 1911, by the George W. Lowden Co., Savannah, 
Ga., and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of 
Tennessee, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: (On case) 
"2 Doz. No. 1 Cove Oysters Venus Point Brand." (On cans) " Venus 
Point Brand Cove Oysters, Packed by Geo. W. Lowden, Main Office, 
Savannah, Georgia, Factories Georgia and South Carolina."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that water had been mixed and packed therewith and substituted 
for oysters, thus reducing their quality and strength. Misbranding 
was alleged for the reason that the label set forth above did not 
announce the presence of added water and bore no statements that 
the product was other than oysters and oyster liquor.
On July 26, 1912, the said George W. Lowden Co., claimant, having 
consented thereto, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered and it was further ordered that the product should be released 
and delivered to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the pro- 
ceeding and the execution of a bond in the sum of $250 in conformity 
with section 10 of the Act.
W. M. HATS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 11, 1912.
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