26644. Adulteration of oysters.    U. S. v. 10 Barrels of Oysters.    Consent decree
ordering: the article to be released under bond to be repacked.    (F. & D.
no. 38719.    Sample no. 28427-C.)
This case involved oysters that contained added water.
On November 27, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 barrels 
containing 1,452 pints of oysters at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 21, 1936, by 
O. E. Wentworth from Baltimore, Md., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that water had been mixed 
and packed with the article so as to reduce and lower its quality or strength; 
and in that water had been substituted wholly or in part for the article.
On December 8, 1936, O. E. Wentworth & Co., Baltimore, Md., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the 
entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering that the product be released 
under bond to be repacked in order to remove the excess water.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.