3289.?Adulteration of oysters.     U. S. v. Charles H. Weser.     Defendant failed
to respond to trial.     Collateral of $10 forfeited.     (F. & D. No. 3783.?
I. S. No. 18336-c.)
On June 6, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, act??
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Police Court of?
the District aforesaid an information against Charles H. Weser, Washington,?
D. C, alleging the sale by said defendant, on March 23, 1911, at the District?
aforesaid, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, of a quantity of oysters?
which were adulterated.
Examination of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results: Of the 10 oysters examined, 10?
showed B. coli present in 1 cc quantities of the shell liquor, 9 in 0.1 cc quanti??
ties, and 3 in 0.01 cc quantities. Isolated score, 140 points. Adulteration of?
the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it consisted in?
whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable?
substance.
On January 14, 1914, the case having come on for trial, the defendant failed?
to respond when his name was called, and the $10 collateral that had been?
deposited to insure his appearance was forfeited.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 8, 191Jf.