6277. Adulteration of canned oysters.    IT.  S. v.  186 Cases  of  Canned Oysters
(and 4 other seizure actions against canned oysters).    Consent decrees 
of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.    (F. D. C. Nos.
10124, 12227.    Sample Nos. 42669-F, 66558-F, 66568-F.)
LIBELS FILED :   On or about June 24 and 28, 1943, District of Oregon; April 20,
1944, Western District of Oklahoma. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about May 12, 1943, from Biloxi, Miss., and on or
about February 26, 1944, from  Gulfport,  Miss.,  by  the Orleans  Seafood
Corporation.
PRODUCT:   Canned oysters: 186 cases, 196 cases, 108 cases, 67 cases, and 49 cases, 
each containing 48 cans, at Portland, Corvallis, Morganville, and The Dalles,. 
Oreg., and Oklahoma City, Okla., respectively.
LABEL IN PART:    (Cans) "Biloxi Brand [or "Orleans Brand Cove"] Oysters."
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
DISPOSITION : August 19,1943, and June 1,1944. Hudson-Duncan & Co., Portland, 
Oreg., claimant for the lots at various points in Oregon, and the Orleans Sea- 
food Corporation, claimant for the lot at Oklahoma City, having consented to 
the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond for segregation of the fit from the unfit portion, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.