30662. Adulteration of oysters. V. S. v. 50 Cans of Oysters. Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 44694.    Sample No. 58810-D.)
This product contained added water.
On January 19, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 cans of oysters 
at Huntington, W. Va.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about January 9, 1939, from Crisfield, Md., by George A. Christy 
& Son; 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 it so as to reduce or lower its quality. Adulteration was alleged 
further in that water had been substituted wholly or in part for the article.
On May 9, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation .was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.