18610. Adulteration of canned  shrimp.     V.  S.  v. 19%   Cases  of  Shrimp  in
Glass.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. .26319.    I. S. No. 11846.    S. No. 4619.)
Samples of canned shrimp from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Southern District of California.
On May 5, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 19% cases of canned shrimp, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Pelican Lake Oyster & Packing Co., Houma, La., on or about November 
?27, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Louisiana into the State 
of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was contained in glass jars labeled in part: " Iris Brand Fancy 
Ex. Large Shrimp * * * Haas Baruch & Co., Distributors Los An- 
geles, Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On June 20, 1931, 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.
ABTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.