Vk3t Adulteration and Misbranding of oysters. V. S. v. 87 Cases of Oys- 
ters. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21790. I. S. No. 13002-x. S. No. 
W-2131.)
M March 31, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
||iig upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Distr ct 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
ition of 87 cases of oysters, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
)enver, Colo., consigned by the C. B.  Foster Packing Co., Biloxi,  Miss., 
png that the article had been shipped from Biloxi,  Miss.,  on or about 
Ejruary  16,  1927,  and  transported from  the  State of Mississippi  into the 
te of Colorado, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
?'food and drugs act as amended.    The article was labeled in part: " Soli- 
Ire Oysters Fancy Quality   *   *    *   Net Weight Of Oyster Meat 5 Ozs." 
Ldulteration   of  the  article was  alleged  in  the libel  for  the reason  that 
Bessive water or brine had been mixed and packed with and substituted in 
It for oysters.
misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Net Weight
Oyster Meat 5 Ozs.," was false and misleading and deceived and misled
^purchaser, and for the further reason that the article was food in package
j?m. and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked
ie outside of the package.
April  22,   1927,   Lovell  &  Lee,   Inc.,   Denver,   Colo.,   claimants,   having 
iitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a
ree, judgment  of  condemnation  and forfeiture was  entered,  and  it was
Hgred by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon
lent of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the
of $500, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of
trary to law, and it was further ordered that the product be examined and
[labeled under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agrioulture.