16708.   Misbranding of canned  crab meat.     U.  S. v.  82  Cans  of  Crab  Meat. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &
D. No. 23922.    I. S. No. 021010.    S. No. 2162.)
On or about August 12, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern 
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 condemnation of eighty-two 1-pound cans of crab meat, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by P. S. Bass, Millville, N. J., on or about August 7, 1929, 
and transported from the State of New Jersey into the State of New York, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Net Contents 1 Lb.;" (barrel tag) 
" Philip Bass, Port Morris, N. J."  
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
statement on the label, " Net Contents 1 Lb.," was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that it was food in package form 
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the package, since the quantity stated was not correct.
On August 30, 1929, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agrioulture.