5231. Adulteration of oysters. U. S. * * * v. J. & J. W. Ellsworth Co.,?
a, corporation. Flea of nolo contendere. Fine, $75. (F. & D. No.?
7613.    I.  S. Nos.  1681-1, 4106-1.)
On September 25, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of New-?
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the J.?
& J. W. Ellsworth Co., a corporation, Keyport, N. J., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 6, 1916,?
and January 26, 1916, from the State of New Jersey into the State of Pennsyl??
vania, of quantities of oysters which were adulterated.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
No.  1.	No. 2.
Meat   (per   cent)?
86.3?88.5
Liquor   (per  cent)?
13.7?11.5
Solids in meat  (per cent)?
16.60?15.33
Ash in meat  (per cent)?
   1.09?1.02
Sodium ehlorid in liquor  (per cent)?
    0. 22?0.18
Sodium ehlorid in meat  (per cent)?
    0.02?0.02
Loss on boiling  (per cent)?
44.3?51.5
Analysis indicates the addition of water.
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 had?
been substituted in whole or in part for oysters, which the article purported?
to be.
On May 2, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere to?
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $75.
OAEL VEODMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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