NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1021.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF SHAD.
On February 16, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia, acting upon the report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the Supreme Court of said district a libel praying condemna- 
tion and forfeiture of 40 cold-storage shad, more or less, found in 
the premises of R. W. Claxton at No. 940^ Louisiana Avenue North- 
west, in the city of Washington.
Examination of said fish by the Bureau of Chemistry of the 
United States Department of Agriculture showed them to consist of 
a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance. The libel charged that 
said shad were adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
of June 30, 1906, because they and each of them consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed animal substance, and 
chat they were therefore liable to seizure for confiscation.
On March 8, 1911, Richard W. Claxton filed answer to said libel 
and offered no objection to the decree of condemnation. Accord- 
ingly, a decree was entered on May 12, 1911, finding said shad to be 
adulterated as alleged in the libel, and condemning and forfeiting 
them to the United States, and ordering their destruction by the 
United States marshal, and payment by the said Richard W. Claxton 
of all the costs in said proceedings.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 6,1911.
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