22391. Adulteration of oysters.    U.  S. v. Herbert L.  Lawson  (Star Oyster
Co.).     Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,  $10   and   costs.      (F.   &  D.   no.   31411. 
Sample no. 22493-A.)
This case was based on a shipment of oysters that contained excessive water.
On May 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Herbert L. Lawson, trading as the Star Oyster Co., 
Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about November 16, 1932, from the State of Maryland into 
the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of oysters which were adulterated. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Celebrated Star Brand Salt Water 
Oysters   *   *   *   Packed Daily at Crisfield Md."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
excessive water had been mixed and packed therewith 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 May 2, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.