30455. Adulteration of canned clams.    U. S. v. Two Gases of Maine Clams.    De¬
fault  decree   of   condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   44762. 
Sample No. 48914-D.)
This product was in whole or in part decomposed.
On March 28, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two cases of canned clams at 
Fall River, Mass.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 15, 1938, by Black & Gay Canners, Inc., from 
Thomaston, Maine; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Mount Hope Fancy Maine 
Clams    *    *    *   Economy Wholesale Grocery Co. Distributors Fall River, Mass."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On April 17, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.