3127.?Adulteration  of  clams.   U.   S.  v.  40  Barrels  and  1  Bag  of  Clams  in
Sbell.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 5259.    S. No. 1841.)
On June 17, 1913, the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 40 barrels and 1 bag of clams in shell, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages and in possession of Capie and McAllister, Baltimore, Md.,?
alleging that the product had been transported from the State of New Jersey
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[May, 1914.
into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The product was labeled " Capie and McAllister, Baltimore.?
From Howard W. Sockwell, Maurice River, New Jersey."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, filthy?
and decomposed clams.
On June 19, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that?
the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21, 1914.