19307. Adulteration of  oysters.    U.  S. v.  N. P. Honsman  Oyster  Co.   (Inc.).
Plea  of  guilty.    Fine,  $100.     (F.   &  D.   No.   26702.    I.   S.   Nos.   12276, 
23939.)
Samples of oysters from the shipments herein described having been found 
to contain excessive water, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
On January 27, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid an information against N. P. Dous- 
man Oyster Co. (Inc.), a corporation, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about February 16, 
1931, from the State of New York into the State of Utah, and on or about 
February 18, 1931, from the State of New York into the State of Illinois, of 
quantities of oysters that were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: 
" From N. P. Housman Oyster Co.    *    *    *   New York."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
substance, to wit, excessive water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for oysters, which the said article purported to be.
It was further alleged that the said article was adulterated in that a valuable 
constituent of the article, to wit, oyster solids, had been in part abstracted. 
On February 11, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.