13623. Misbranding- of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 41 Cases of Shrimp.    Con 
sent  decree  of condemnation  and  forfeiture.     Product  released 
under bond.    (F. & D. No. 19972.    I. S. No. 14911-v.    S. No. 0-4701.)    .':
On April 6, 1925, 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 a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 41 cases of shrimp, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Martin Fountain Packing Co., Biloxi, Miss., on or about February 12, 
1925, and transported from the State of Mississippi into the State of Missouri, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part:  (Can)  "Dry Shrimp Contents 5-3/4 Oz."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement "Contents 5-3/4 Oz.," borne on the labels, was 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.   r
On July 27, 1925, the Haas-Lieber Grocery Co., St. Louis, Mo., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it Was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant to be relabeled under 
the supervision of this department, upon the execution of a good and suffi- 
cient bond in conformity with section 10 of the act, and it was further 
ordered that the claimant pay the costs of the proceedings.
R. W. DUNLAPJ Acting Secretary of Agriculture.