13616. Adulteration of canned minced clams.     U.  S. v. 20 Cases  of Minced
Clams. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 18937. I. S. No. 7775-v. S. No. 
W-1568.)
On September 2. 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 seiz- 
ure and condemnation of 20 cases of minced clams, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Seattle. Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the ChLsiek Island Corp., from Snug Harbor, Alaska,  (August 9, 1924), and
transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington,' and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) " Far -North Ocean Clams (Minced) 10 Oz. Net Con- 
rents    Packed by Polar Fisheries Co. Alaska Main Office: Seattle, Wash."   ?'
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, excessive brine or liquor, had been mixed and packed with and 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
On May 14, 1925, the Small & Hall Corp., Seattle, Wash., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and paid the costs of the proceedings, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said 
claimant to be reconditioned and relabeled, under the supervision of this 
department, upon the execution of a bond or filing a certified check in the sum 
of $150, to insure compliance with the law.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.