30292. Adulteration of  scallops.     IT,  S.  v.  Charles  T.  Maddrlx and Herman L.
Sterling (Fort Myers Sea Food Co.). Pleas of nolo contendere. Fines, 
$40.    (F. & D. No. 42544.    Sample Nos. 12220-D to 12223-D, inclusive.)
This product contained an excessive amount of water.
On September 13, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Charles T. Maddrix and Herman L. 
Sterling, copartners trading as Fort Myers Sea Food Co., Fort Myers, Fla., 
alleging shipment by said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about March 17, 1938, from the State of Florida into the State of New 
York of quantities of scallops that were adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that water had been mixed and 
packed with it so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength; and in that water had been substituted in part therefor.
On February 20, 1939, pleas of nolo contendere having been entered by the 
defendants, the court imposed a fine of $20 against each.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.