4666.  Adulteration of oysters.    U. S. v. Jacob Riehl.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $10.
(P. & D. No. 7067.    I. S. No. 3439-1.)
On February 17, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of, Colum??
bia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture filed in the police court?
of the District aforesaid an information against Jacob Riehl, Washington,?
D. C, alleging the sale by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, on December 15t 1915, in the District aforesaid, of a quantity of oysters?
which were adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Liquor (percent)?
44.10
Meats  (per cent)?
55. 90
Meats:
Loss on boiling (per cent)?
51.60
Solids (per cent)?
15.91
Ash (per cent)?
    0.92
Chlorids, as NaCl, in meats (per cent)?
    0.06
Chlorids, as NaCl, in liquor (per cent)?
    0.28
These results show the substitution of a material amount of?
water for oysters.?
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
a certain substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and for the?
further reason that a certain substance, to wit, water, had been substituted in?
part for oysters, which the article purported to be.
On February 17, 1916, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
CARL VKOOKAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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