18821. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned dams. IT. S. v. 51 Case* 
of Canned Clams. Consent decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 26714. I. S. 
No. 22818.    S. No. 4856.)
Samples of canned clams from the shipment herein described having been 
found to contain excessiye brine, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of California.
On June 29, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 51 cases, each containing 48 cans of clams, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Guilford Packing Co,, of Westport, Wash., from Portland,. 
Oreg., on May 23 and May 26, 1931, and had been transported from the State of 
Oregon into the State of California, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
"Trupak Super Quality Whole Cleaned Razor,Clams Net Contents 10 oz. 
Drained Meat 4% oz. Haas Brothers-Distributors- San Francisco & Fresno, 
California."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that excessive 
brine had been substituted in. part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " Clams " and 
"Drained Meat 4% oz.," borne on the label, were false and misleading and 
deceived and mislead the purchaser when applied to an artiele containing an 
cxeessive amount of brine, and to clams whose drained weight was less than 
represented.
On August 7, 1931, the Guilford Packing Co., Westport, Wash., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property 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 costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned 
in part that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the pro- 
visions of the Federal food and drugs act or the laws of any State, Territory, 
district, or insular possession.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Affrioulture.