18242. Adulteration of  oysters.    U.  S.  v.  R. E.  Roberts   (Roy E.  Roberts,
trading as Wm. D. Gude & Co.).    Plea of guilty.     Fine, $10.     (F. &
D. No. 25686.    I. S. Nos. 026752, 026753, 028722.)
Samples of oysters from the shipments herein described having been found 
to contain added water, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the District of Maryland.
On March 16, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against R. E. 
Roberts, to wit, Roy E. Roberts, trading as Wm. D. Gude & Co., Baltimore, 
Md., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the food and drugs 
act, on or about December 11, 1929, from the State of Maryland in part into 
the State of Illinois, and in part into the State of New York, of quantities 
of oysters which were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: " Premium 
Brand Oysters    *    *    *   Packed by Wm. D. Gude & Co. Baltimore, Md."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
a substance, added 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 March 24, 1931, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.