7009. Adulteration of oysters. II. S. * * * v. Storey-Bunnell Packing- 
Co.,  a  corporation.   Plea  of  nolo  contendere.   Fine,  $5   and   costs.
(F. & D. No. 11351.    I. S. No. 13694-r.)
On January 27, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against the Storey-Bunnell 
Packing Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said company, 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 21, 1919, from 
the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of oysters 
which were adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Per cent.
Solids in meat  
13. 47
Solids in sample as received 
11. 53
Uoss on boiling 
57. 6
Results show the oysters had been soaked with water.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
a certain substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for oysters, which the article purported to be.
On January 27, 1920, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere 
to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $5 and costs*.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.