12963. Adulteration of oysters.     V. S. v. Eagle Packing Co., a Corporation.
Plea of gnilty. Fine, $100 and costs. (P. & D. No. 19237. I. S. Nos. 
2395-v, 2396-v, 2398-v.)
On December 19, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Eagle 
Packing Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said company 
under its corporate name, and by the said company trading as J. H. Collison 
Co., on or about February 26, 1924, from the State of Maryland into the 
State of Pennsylvania, of quantities of oysters which were adulterated. A 
portion of the article was labeled in part: (Can) " Eagle Packing Co. Baltimore 
Md. * * * Eagle Brand * * * Baltimore Oysters." The remainder 
of the said article was labeled in part: (Can) "J. H.- Collison * * * "'X 
C Lent Brand   *    *    *    Packed By J. H. Collison Co. Baltimore, Md."
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it contained added water.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had 
been substituted in part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged for 
the further reason that a valuable constituent of the article, to wit, oyster 
solids, had been in part abstracted.
On January 6, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and 
costs.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.