17924. Adulteration and misbranding of oysters.   U. S. v. Harry I. Meltzer
(Summit Fish Co.).   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $200.    (F. D. C. No. 31263. 
Sample No. 11606-L.)
INFORMATION FILED : October 26,1951, Northern District of Ohio, against Harry 
I. Meltzer, trading as the Summit Fish Co., Akron, Ohio.
INTERSTATE SHIPMENT: From the State of Maryland into the State of Ohio, 
of a number of large cans of oysters.
ALLEGED VIOLATION: Within the period from on or about March 21 to on or 
about March 28,1951, while the product was being held for sale after shipment 
in interstate commerce, various quantities of the oysters were removed from 
the large cans and water was added to these oysters, which were then re-
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packed into small cans, such acts resulting in the repackaged oysters being 
misbranded. 
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), water had been sub- 
stituted in part for oysters; and, Section 402 (b) (4>, water had been added 
to the oysters and mixed and packed with them so as to increase their bulk 
and reduce their quality.
Misbranding, Section 403 (g) (1), the repackaged oysters in the small 
cans failed to conform to the definition and standard of identity for oystera 
since they were packed with water, an added substance.
DISPOSITION:   November 9, 1951.   A plea of guilty having been entered, the 
court imposed a fine of $100 on each of 2 counts.