3968.?Adulteration of oysters. U. S. v. Nine Tubs and Two Tubs of Oysters. Default decrees, of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 4787, 4788. S. No. 1569.) On November 11, 1912, the United States attorney for the Northern District of? Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District? Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condemnation of? nine tubs and two tubs of oysters, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages,? the nine tubs in possession of Ernest Hog, doing business as Magner Winslow Co.,? Chicago, 111., and the two tubs in possession of W. M. Walker, Chicago, 111., alleging? that the product had been shipped on November 5,1912, by Vanorden Bros., New York,? N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State of Illinois, and charg?? ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libels for the reason that it consisted? in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal matter, and for the further reason? that it consisted in part of a portion of an animal unfit for food. On February 6, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments of? ?condemnation and forfeiture were entered and it was ordered by the court that the? product should be destroyed by the United States marshal. B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. WASHINGTON, D. C, March SO, 1914.