18279. Adulteration of oysters. U. S. v. R. E. Roberts Co. Flea of guilty. 
Fine, ?S.     (F. & D. No. 25685.    I. S. No. 016953.)
Samples of oysters from the shipment 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 the R. E. 
Roberts Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said company, 
in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about December 11, 1929, from 
the State of Maryland into the State of Florida, of a quantity of oysters which 
were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: " Maryland Beauty Packed 
By R. E. Roberts Co. Baltimore, Md. Oysters."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated, in that 
water had been mixed and packed with the said article 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 $5.
AETHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.