1023S. Adulteration of scallops. XJ. S. * * * v. 10 Boxes * * * of?
Scallops, et al. Default decrees of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product turned over to charitable institutions. (F. & D. Nos. 15864,?
3 5878, 15879, 15880, 15881, 15882, 15902, 15903, 19524. Inv. Nos. 33382,?
33386, 33389, 33391, 33392, 33393. 33395, 33400, 33452. S. Nos. E-3700,?
E-3720, E-3721, Er-3722, E-3723, Ei-3724, E^-3725, E-3726, E-3727.)
On December 12, 15, 16, and 19, 1921, respectively, the United States attor??
ney for the District of Massachusetts, acting upon reports by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels for the seizure and condemnation of 68 boxes, 25 barrels, and 1 five-?
gallon can of scallops, consigned between the dates December 10 and 16, 1921,?
remaining in the original unbroken packages in part at Boston and in part at?
Haverhill, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Duffy-?
Wade Co., Tolson & Smith Co., Woodland Co., Charles V. Webb, Way Bros.,?
Piner Bros., and George L. Sterling Co., respectively, from Morehead City, N. C,?
and transported from the State of North Carolina into the State of Massachu??
setts, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that a?
substance, to wit, added water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and. strength and had been?
substituted in part for the said article.
On December 30, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be turned over to such public institutions as the?
United States marshal should in his judgment direct.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.