12710. Adulteration of canned oyster's. U. S. v. 4T1 Cases of Canned 
Oysters. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. No. 17191. I. S. No. 8115-v. S. No. 
W-1291.)
On January 22, 1923, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, 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 471 cases of canned oysters, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Booth Packing Co., from Baltimore, Md., on or about 
January 9, 1923, and transported from the State of Maryland into the Stale 
of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that water 
or brine had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for 
the said article.
On January 31, 1923, the Booth Packing Co., Baltimore, Md., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of 
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,626.70, 
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product 
be made to comply with the act under the supervision of this department.
HOWARD M. GOKE, Secretary of Agriculture.