29825. Adulteration of oysters.    TJ. S. v. 2,600 Pints and 5,220 Pints of Oysters.
Consent decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond.    (F. &
D. Nos. 44399, 44400.    Sample Nos. 84802-D, 84803-D.)
This product contained an excessive amount of added water.
On November 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 7,820 pints of 
oysters at Altoona, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 21, 1938, by Carol Dryden Co. from Crisfield, 
Md.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Pride of the Chesapeake Salt Water Oysters."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that water had been mixed and 
packed with it so as to reduce or lower its quality or strength, and in that water 
had been substituted wholly or in part for it
On November 23, 1938, Carol Dryden Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libels, the court ordered the product released under bond, 
conditioned that it be reconditioned or repacked in conformity with the Food 
and Drugs Act.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.