12958. Adulteration of minced clams. V. S. v. 79 and 390 Cases of Minced 
Clams. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 18855, 18856. I. S. Nos. 20073-v, 
20074-v, 20075-v, 20253-v.    S. Nos. W-1530, W-1531.)
On July 24, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed In 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 469 cases of minced clams, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Pioneer Packing Co., from Cordova, Alaska, June 24, 
1924, and transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Wash- 
ington, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that ex- 
cessive water or brine had been mixed and packed with and substituted 
wholly or in part for the said article.
On December 23, 1924, the Pioneer Packing Co., Cordova, Alaska, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and 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 the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of 
a bond in the sum of $3,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, con- 
ditioned in part that the adulterated portion be separated from the unadulter- 
ated portion under the supervision of this department, and the adulterated 
portion destroyed or relabeled.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.