30193. Adulteration of oysters.    U. S. v. 270 Pints of Oysters.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and  destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   44655.     Sample   No. 
30704-D.)
This product contained added water.
On January 10, 1939, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 270 pints of oysters 
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce in part on or about January 2,1939, and in part on or about January 4, 
1939, by M. L. Tull & Bro. from Crisfield, Md.; and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act
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; and in that water had been 
substituted in whole or in part for the article.
On February 18,1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.