13130. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    V. S. v. 452 Cases of Shrimp.     De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 19511.    I. S. No. 14348-v.    S. No. E-4908.)
On January 20, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure
and condemnation of 452 cases of canned shrimp, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Marine Products Co., Albany, N. Y. [New Orleans, La.], December 2, 
1924, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Massa- 
chusetts, and charging adulteration in violation ,of the food and drugs act 
The article was labeled in part:  (Can) " O. K. Brand Barataria Shrimp."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole and in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal 
substance.
On February 16, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DTTNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.