17193. Adulteration of  scallops.    U.  S. v.  5 Barrels  of  Scallops.    Default
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product delivered to 
charitable institution. (F. & D. No. 24630. I. S. No. 028893. S. No. 
2862.)
On February 14, 1930, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said d'strict a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 5 barrels of scallops, ren. aing in the original unbroken 
packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the a~ ^icle had been shipped by H. L. 
Harris & Co., Cambridge, Md., on or about February 13, 1930, and transported 
from the State of Maryland into the State of New York, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulteraed in that a sub- 
sance, water, had been mixed and packed with and substituted in part for 
scallops.
On February 28, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the portion of the product passed by this department as fit for human 
consumption be delivered to a charitable institution, and the unfit portion, if 
any, destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.