17733. Adulteration of oysters.    U. S. v. John T. Handy Co. (Inc.).    Plea of
guilty. Fine, S30 and costs. (F. & D. No. 25035. I. S. Nos. 024400, 
025684, 012277.)
Samples of oysters from the herein described interstate shipments having 
been found to contain excessive water, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the District of Maryland.
On November 6, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against 
John T. Handy Co. (Inc.), Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment by said company 
in violation of the food and drugs act in various consignments on or about 
November 13, 1929, from the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania,
and on or about December 17, 1929, from the State of Maryland into the 
States of Pennsylvania and Indiana, of quantities of oysters which were 
adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
excessive 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.
On November 6, 1930, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $30 and 
costs.
ARTHUR M. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.