24021. Oysters.    (Inc. No. 293.)
PETITION FILED: On 4-23-57, in the District of Maryland, the United States 
attorney filed a petition for an order to show cause why the Seacoast Oyster 
Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., and John H. Leonard, president of the corporation, 
should not be punished for criminal contempt of the preliminary injunction 
which had been entered against the corporation on 11-2-55 (preceding notice 
of judgment on foods, No. 24020).
CHARGE : The petition alleged that, following the entry of the injunction, the 
defendants had shipped in interstate commerce, on or about 11-9-56, 11-13-56, 
11-16-56, and 12-18-56, from Baltimore, Md., to Altoona, Pa., Clarksburg, 
W. Va., Evansville, Ind., and Morgantown, W. Va., quantities of raw oysters 
in cans which contained added water as evidenced by examinations showing 
an average drained liquid content in the oysters ranging between 10 percent 
and 37.5 percent; and that by reason of such shipments of oysters the defend- 
ants were in criminal contempt of the injunction which restrained the defend- 
ants from shipping raw oysters which are packed in such a manner that over 
5% of drained liquid is found in the oysters at any time after 15 minutes 
after packing and are thus adulterated within the meaning of Sections 402 
(b) (2) and 402(b) (4).
DISPOSITION : On 4-23-57, the order to show cause was issued. On 5-3-57, 
the defendants pleaded guilty to violation of the injunction; and the court 
fined the defendant corporation $750, and sentenced the defendant, Leonard, 
to jail for 90 days. On 6-17-57, the court modified the jail sentence to 2 
months.