8819. Adulteration of oats. V. S. v. * * * 1 Car and 1 Car Filled with?
Oats. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product?
ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No, 0236. I. S. Nos. 11466-k,?
11467-k.     S. No.  E-197.)
On February 1 and 5, 1915, the United States attorney for the Western Dis??
trict of New York, 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 1 carload and 1 carload of oats, remaining unsold and?
unloaded in the cars near the city of Buffalo, New York, alleging that the?
product was in process of interstate transportation from the State of Wisconsin?
into the State of Pennsylvania, the shipments having been made on or about?
January 19, 1915, by Fagg & Taylor, Milwaukee, Wis., and charging adultera??
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that said oats contained in said ears were adul??
terated in that a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed with said?
oats so as to reduce and lower or injuriously affect their quality and strength,?
and, further, in that a substance, to wit, water, had been substituted in whole?
or in part for oats.
On February 11, 1915, the said Fagg & Taylor, a copartnership, Milwaukee,?
Wis., claimants, having consented to decrees, judgments of condemnation and?
forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be released and delivered to said claimants or their nominee upon the?
execution of a bond for $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, and?
the payment of costs, and upon amending the bill of lading and invoice cover??
ing said carloads of bulk oats, if necessary, and upon reducing the water con??
tent of said bulk oats to 14 per centum or less of the entire bulk thereof, under?
the supervision of an inspector of the Department of Agriculture.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8, 1915.
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