3284.?Adulteration  of  oystei-s.     U.   S.  v.  E.  H. Hammond.     Plea  of  gruilty.
Fine, $5.     (F. & D. No. 2722.    I. S. Nos. 17207-c, 17217-C.)
On January 22, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Police Court?
of said District an information against E. H. Hammond, trading under the?
firm name and style of E. H. Hammond & Co., Washington, D. C, alleging the?
sale by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on March 1?
and March 3, 1911, at the District aforesaid, of a quantity of oysters which?
were adulterated.
Analysis of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results: Sample No. 1 contained 5,000,000?
bacteria per cc, of which number 1,000 were of the B. coli group; sample No. 2?
contained 170,000 organisms per cc, with 10,000 B. coli per cc. Adulteration of?
the oysters was alleged in the information for the reason that they consisted?
in whole and in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable?
substance.
On January 22, 1914, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $5.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 8, 1914.