11194.?Adulteration and misbranding of canned shrimp.    V. S. v. 899 Cases
and 72 Gases of Shrimp. Default decrees of condemnation, for??
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 16613, 16705. I. S. Nos. 18449-t,?
6403-T.    S. Nos.  C-3690,  03754.)
On July 10 and August 4, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney?
for the Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon a report by' the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels for the seizure and condemnation of 971 cases of canned shrimp, remain??
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that?
the article had been shipped by Wm. Gorenfio & Co., Brunswick, 6a., on or?
about March 19, 1921, and transported from the State of Georgia into the?
State of Missouri, and charging adulteration with respect to a portion thereof,?
and adulteration and misbranding with respect to the remainder, in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. A portion of the article was labeled?
in part: (Cans) "Crown Brand Fresh Barataria Shrimp 8$ Ounces Packed?
By Wm. Gorenfio & Co. Biloxi, Miss." The remainder of the said article was?
labeled in part: (Cans) "Crown Brand Fresh Shrimp * * * Packed By?
Wm. Gorenfio & Co. Main Office Biloxi, Miss."
Adulteration of both lots of the article was alleged in the libels for the?
reason that it consisted wholly or in large part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged with respect to a portion of the article for the?
reason that the statements appearing on the labels of the cans containing?
the said article, " Barataria Shrimp 8i Ounces," were false and misleading?
and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that the?
article was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not?
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On January 4 and 5, 1923, respectively, no claimant having appeared for the?
property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States?
marshal.
C. W. PUGSMY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.