29920. Adulteration of scallops.    IT. S. v. 1 Barrel of Scallops   (and 5 similar
seizure  actions).    Default  decrees of condemnation and  destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 44411, 44412, 44413, 44451, 44460, 44461. Sample Nos. 44670-D, 
44671-D, 44672-D, 44676-D, 44679-D, 44683-D.)
This product contained added water.
On November 17, 21, 23, and 25, 1938, the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 
nine barrels of scallops at New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce in various shipments on or about November 12, 
16,17, and 19,1938, by Holmes Fish Co. from Millville, Fla. (Panama City, Fla.); 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance, water, had been 
mixed and packed with and substituted in part for scallops.
On December 16, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condem- 
nation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.