11034.?Adulteration and misbranding of minced  clams.    TJ.  S. v. 4 Dozen
Cases of Minced Clams. Consent decree of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 16314. I. S.?
No. 10964-t.    S. No. W-1080.)
On May 13, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon,?
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 4 dozen cases of minced clams, remaining in the original unbroken packages?
at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Grays?
Harbor Fisheries & Packing Co., Inc., Aberdeen, Wash.. April 14, 1922, and?
transported from the State of Washington into the State of Oregon, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
The article was labeled in part: (Can)  "Royal Club Brand Minced Clams."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that excessive water or "clam juice had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had?
been substituted wholly or in part for normal minced clams of good commercial?
quality.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement?
appearing on the label of the can containing the article, to wit, " Minced Clams,"?
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On June 12, 1922, Grays Harbor Fisheries Co.. Inc., Aberdeen, Wash., claim??
ant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and?
forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be?
released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the?
execution of a bond in the sum of $250, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.