1445!).  Adulteration of canned shrimp.     U. S. v. 14 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Default    decree    of    condemnation, ' forfeiture,   and    destruction.     ;
(F. & D. No. 21006.    I. S. No. 5626-x.    S. No. E-5700.)
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On April 5, 1926, the United States attorney for the Western 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 praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 14 cases of canned shrimp, remaining in the original unbroken pack- , 
ages at Elmira, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Marine 
Products, Inc., from New Orleans, La., on or about October 9, 1925, and trans- 
ported from the State of Louisiana into the State of New York, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Marine Fancy Marine Shrimp Wet Pack * * * Marine Prod- 
ucts, Inc. New Orleans, La., Distributors."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid animal substance.
On June 30, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.