P. &D. No. 3234.
S. No. 1193.	
Issued May 29, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1481.
(Siren pursuant to section 4 of the Food aid Brnfs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF OYSTERS IN SHELL.
On November 22, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District?
of Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said District a?
libel for the seizure and condemnation of two barrels of oysters in?
the shell in possession of Henry R. Conklin, Center Market, Wash??
ington, D. C., alleging that the product had been transported from?
the State of New York into the District of Columbia, date of ship??
ment and consignor not known, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed?
the following results: 5 out of 5 oysters showed the presence of gas?
developing in 1 cc in bile fermentation tubes after 3 days at 37? C.;?
3 out of 5 in 0.1 cc, and 1 out of 5 in 0.01 cc. Score, 41. 110,000?
bacteria per cc, plain agar 25? C.; 50,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar?
37? C, ten gas-producing organisms. Adulterated. Four out of 4?
oysters showed presence of gas developing in 1 cc in bile fermentation?
tubes after 3 days at 37? C.; 3 out of 4 in 0.1 cc, and 2 out of 4 in?
0.01 cc. Score, 275. 700,000 bacteria per cc plain agar 25? C.;?
500,000 bacteria per cc plain agar 37? C. One hundred gas-produc??
ing organisms. Ten B. coli group from 2 oysters. Adulterated.?
Five out of 5 oysters showed presence of gas developing in 1 cc in?
bile fermentation tubes after 3 days at 37? C.; 5 out of 5 in 0.1 cc;?
and 1 out of 5 in 0.01 cc. Score, 140. 1,000 bacteria per cc plain?
agar 25? C.; 5,000 bacteria per cc plain agar 37? C.; 100 B. coli?
group; 100 streptococci. Adulterated. Adulteration was charged in?
that the product consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid?
animal or vegetable substance and was therefore unfit for human?
consumption.
On December 29, 1911, no appearance having been made a default?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was?
further decreed by the court that the prodwet should be destroyed by?
the United States marshal.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April #4, 1912.
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