4655.   Adulteration of oysters.    U. S.     *     *     *     v. 22 Cases and 5 Cans of Oys??
ters.      Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 7034.    S. No. E-471.)
On October 28, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel of information for the?
seizure and condemnation of 22 cases and 5 cans of oysters, remaining unsold?
in the original unbroken packages at Springfield and Holyoke, Mass., alleging?
that the article had been shipped by the American Oyster Co., Providence, It. I.,?
and transported from the State of Rhode Island into the State of Massachusetts,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel of information for the?
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed animal?
substance.
On November 23, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the property should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VKOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.  :
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