1949. Adulteration of canned oysters.     U.  S. v.   742  Cases  of Canned Oysters.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond 
for segregation and destruction of the unfit portion. (P; D. C. No. 4802. 
Sample Nos. 49202-E, 58036-E.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of decomposed oysters. 
It also contained pieces of shell.
On May 19, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota 
filed a libel against 742 cases of canned oysters at St. Paul, Minn., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 22, 
1941, by the Southern Shell Fish Co. from Biloxi, Miss.; and charging that 
it was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Home Brand 
Cove Oysters."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed substance; in that an article containing shell 
fragments had been substituted wholly or in part for oysters, which it purported 
to be; and in that shell fragments had been mixed or packed therewith so 
as to reduce its quality.
On June 11, 1941, the Southern Shell Fish Co., Inc., claimant, having con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond for segregation and destruction 
of the portion that was decomposed and contained shells.