10828.?Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. 262 Cases and 84 Cases of Crab
Meat. Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct ordered turned over to the Fisheries Department of the State?
of Washington as fish food. (F. & D. No. 15984. I. S. Nos. 14026-t,?
11250-t.     S. No. W-1057.)
On March 20, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for s-a*d district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 262 cases and 84 cases of crab meat, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the Dobbins Packing Co., Wrangell, Alaska, June 10, 1921, and?
transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 262 cases?
were labeled on the cans: " Elmore Brand Fresh Oregon Crab Meat Packed?
by Elmore Packing Co." The 84 cases were labeled in part on the cans:?
" Elmore Brand Alaska Crab Meat Packed in Alaska by Dobbins Packing Co."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted wholly or in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On April 20, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product might be turned over to the Fisheries Department of the State?
of Washington for use as fish food only, in connection with the hatcheries?
of the State of Washington, upon payment of all storage costs assessed against?
the crab meat since the seizure of the same.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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