S046. Adulteration of clams. V. S. * * * v. Fred H. Snow. Plea of nolo?
contendere. Fine, $25 an,d costs. (F. & D. No. 11446. I. S. Nos.?
12690-r, 12976-r, 13003-r.)
On December 18, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maine,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information against Fred H. Snow,?
Pine Point, Maine, alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, on or about March 24, 1919, and April 1, 1919, from the?
State of Maine into the State of Massachusetts, of a quantity of clams which?
were adulterated.
Analysis of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the product was excessively washed, causing soaking.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information, in that water had?
been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce and lower and in??
juriously affect its quality and strength. Further adulteration was alleged in?
that water had been substituted in part for clams, which the article purported?
to be.
On May 13, 1920, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere, and the?
court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.