4940.  Adulteration, of oysters.     V. S. v. William  S. H sit ton.     Plea of gniltj^.
Fime, $10.     (F. & D. Xo. 7200.    I. S. No. 3448-1.)
On April 28, 1916, the United States attorney for tiie District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Police Court?
of said District an information against William S. Hatton, Washington, D. C,?
alleging the sale by said defendant, on December 15, 1915, in the District afore??
said, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, of a quantity of oysters, which?
were adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau ol Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Liquor   (per cent)?
    29.1
Meat   (percent)?
    70.9
Meats:
Loss on boiling  (per cent)?
    54.6
Solids    (per   cent)?
    15.09
Ash   (Per   cent)?
      0.74
Chlorids in meot, as sodium chlorid (per cent)?
      0.05
Chlorids in liquor, as sodium chlorid (per cent)?
      0. 2o
These   results   show   the   addition   of   a   material   amount   of?
water.
Adulteration of the aiticle was alleged in the information for the reason?
in-that a certain substance to wit, water, had been mixed and packed there??
with so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and?
had been substituted in part for oysters, which the article purported to be.
On April 28, 1916, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
Ii. A. PEAHSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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