14020.  Adulteration anil mistorHiidins' of canned oysters.    tT. S. v. 11 Cases 
of   Canned   Oysters.     Default   decree   e>?   condemnation,   forfeiture
and destruction.  (F. & D. No 16675.    I. S. No. 6402-v.    S. No. C-3733.)
On July 29, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Illi- 
nois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 11 cases of canned oysters, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Centralia, Ill., consigned by the Hilton Head Packing Co., Savan- 
nah, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped from Savannah, Ga., on or 
about June 23, 1922, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State 
of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Hilton 
Head Brand Contains 5 Oz. Oyster Meat Oysters Packed By Hilton Head Pack- 
ing Co. Savannah, Ga."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that ex- 
cessive brine had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower and 
injuriously affect its quality and had been substituted wholly or in part for 
the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label 
" Contains 5 Oz. Oyster Meat," was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, because said cans contained less than 5 ounces of the 
article. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was 
food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and 
conspicuously marked thereon. 

On or about September 11, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the prop- 
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.    "
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.