12635. Adulteration and misbranding? of canned oysters.    XJ. S. v. 42 Cases
of Oysters.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 18535.    I.  S. No. 7412-v.    S.  No.  C-4326.)
On May 15, 1924, the United States attorney for, the Middle District of 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 42 cases of oysters, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Montgomery, Ala., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by E. C. Joullian Packing Co., from Lakeshore, Miss., February 
29, 1924, and transported from the State of Mississippi into the State of 
Alabama, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Lord Baltimore 
Brand Oysters Net Weight Contents 5 Oz. Packed By E. C. Joullian Pack- 
ing Co. Lake Shore, Miss."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that a substance, excessive brine, 
had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for the 
said article, in violation of sections 7 and 8 of the said act.
On July 29, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.