5046. Adulteration of oysters.    U. S.     *     *     *     v. 5 Containers of Oysters.?
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(P. & D. No. 7008.    I. S. Nos. 2131-1, 2132-1, 2133-1, 2134-1, 2135-1.    S. No.?
E-465.)
On October 23, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel of information for?
the seizure and condemnation of 5 containers of oysters, consigned on October?
23, 1916, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Rocky Point Oyster Co.,?
Providence, R. 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 January 25, 1917, proclamation having been made and default noted,?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CAKL YEOOMAK, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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