15345. Adulteration of scallops and Misbranding of oysters. U. S. v. Wil- 
liam E. AValker and Wade H. Walker (J. C. Walker & Bros.). 
Pleas of gnllty. Fine, $75. (F. & D. No. 19788. I. S. Nos. 5753-x, 
6190-x.)
On October 22v 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against William 
E. Walker and Wade H. Walker, copartners, trading as J. C. Walker & Bros., 
Exmore, Va., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the food  : 
and drugs act as amended, on or about December 17, 1925, from the State of -i 
Virginia into the State of New York, of a quantity of oysters, which were  ' 
misbranded, and on or about February 1, 1926, from the State of Virginia into  : 
the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of scallops, which were adulterated.  \ 
The oysters were labeled in part:  (Can) "Minimum Volume 1 Gallon Virginia ; 
Seaside Oysters," (tag) " From J. C. Walker, Exmore, Va." 
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Adulteration of the scallops was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and. packed therewith so as to J 
lower, reduce, and injuriously affect its quality, and had been substituted in '-] 
part for scallops, which the said article purported to be.   Adulteration of the j
scallops was alleged for the further reason that a valuable constituent of the 
article, to wit, scallop solids, had been in part abstracted.
Misbranding of the oysters was alleged for the reason that the statement, to 
wit, " Minimum Volume 1 Gallon," borne on the label, was false and misleading 
in that the said statement represented that each of the cans contained not less 
than 1 gallon of oysters, and for the further reason that the article was labeled 
as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that 
each of said cans contained not less than 1 gallon of oysters, whereas each of 
the cans did contain less than 1 gallon of oysters. Misbranding of the said 
oysters was alleged for the further reason that they were food in package form 
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on 
the outside of the package.
On November 12, 1926, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $75.
W. M. JABDINH, Secretary af Agriculture.