15158. Adulteration of   scallops.     V.   S.   v.   13   1-Gallon   Cans   of   Scallopi
Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product deli 
ered to charitable institution. (F. & D. No. 21683. I. S. No. 16023 
S. No. E-5971.)
On February 8, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District 5 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in tl 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure an 
condemnation of 13 1-gallon cans of scallops, remaining in the original unbroke 
packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped b 
E. J. Steelman, from Townsend, Va., on or about February 3, 1927, and train 
ported from ,the State of Virginia into the State of New York, and ehargin 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it coi 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
The charge recommended by this department was that a substance, wate; 
had been mixed and packed with and substituted in part for scallops, whic 
recommendation was based on a finding that the scallops had been adulterate' 
by the addition of water.
On February 24,1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgme. 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the cou 
that the portion found by this department to be fit for human consumption 
delivered to a charitable institution, and the remainder destroyed.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture,