19231. Adulteration of canned herring roe.   U. S. v. 18 Cases * * *.    (F. D. C.
No. 32145.   Sample No. 3879-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 16,1951, Northern District of West Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 25, 1951, by Janney-Marshall Co., Inc., 
from Fredericksburg, Va.
PRODUCT: 18 cases, each, containing 24 15-ounce cans, of herring roe at Mar- 
tinsburg, W. Va.
LABEL IN PART: (Can) "Gunston Hall Fresh River Herring Roe Contents 
15 Ozs. Avoir."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), brine had been sub- 
stituted in part for herring roe. (The 15-ounce cans should have contained 
at least 13.32 ounces of drained roe. Examination showed that the average 
drained weight of the contents of the cans was 13.5 percent below that figure.)
DISPOSITION : October 24, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to two local hospitals for their use and 
not for sale.