7575. Adulteration of oysters.     IT. S.     *     *      *     v. Thomas AV. Burke, Wil 
liam T. Davis, and li. C. James (National Packing Co.). Pleas of 
nolo contendere. Fine, $20 and costs. (F. & D. No. 11010. I. S. Nos. 
8530-p, 3549-p, 13693-r, 13394-r.)
On December 20,1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against Thomas W. 
Burke, William T. Davis, and L. C. James, trading as- the National Packing Co., 
Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about March 6, 1918, March 12, 1918, February 3, 1919, 
and January 21, 1919, from the State of Maryland 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 depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Drained meat (per cent) 
Liquor (per cent) 
Solids in meat (per cent) 
'Solids in liquor (per cent) 
NaCl in meat (per cent) 
NaCl in liquor (per cent) 
Loss on boiling (per cent) 
Solids on sample as received (per cent)
Shipment of-
March 6, 
1918.
83.0 
17.0 
13.17 
3.75 
0.02 
0.06 
55.5 
11.57
March 12, 
1918.
80.9 
19.1 
12.57 
2.77 
0.04 
0.23 
55.3 
10.70
January 
21,1919.
76.6 
23.4 
13.45 
5.37 
0.01 
0.27 
57.9 
11.55
February 
3,1919.
81.84
18.16
13.53
4.91
0.03
0.06
56.7
11.97
The product contains added water.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the information 
for the reason that water had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce 
and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substi- 
tuted in part for oysters, which the article purported to be.
On December 20, 1919, the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.