5481. Adnltei*ation of scalloiis. U. S. * * * v. 3 Five-gallon Cans of 
Scallops, Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 8167.    I. S. No. 3836-m.    S. No. E-818.)
On February 28, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 3 five-gallon cans of scallops, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about February 23, 1917, by P. B. Mason, Keller, Va., and trans- 
ported from the State of Virginia into the State of New York, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that water had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part 
for said article.
On March 21, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
OXABENCE OXJSLET, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
On February 28, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 6 five-gallon cans of scallops, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about February 22, 1917, by Piner Bros., Morehead City, N. C, 
and transported from the State of North Carolina into the State of New York, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Foods and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that water had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and 
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for 
said article.
On March 21, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CLARENCE OUSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.