20080. Adulteration of crab meat.    U.S. v. 275 Cans of Crab Meat     Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.
No. 28645.    Sample No. 15916-A.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of crab 
meat, samples of which were found to contain filth.
On August 11, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 275 cans of crab meat, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about August 8, 1932, by F. P. Long & Co., from St. 
Michaels, Md., to Philadelphia, Pa., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On August 31, 1932, 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.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.