20084. Adulteration of crab meat.    U.S. v. Fifteen 1-Gallon Cans, et al., of
Crab   Meat.     Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and 
destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 28604, 28648.    Sample Nos. 13144-A, 13160-A.)
These actions involved the shipment of quantities of crab meat, samples of 
which were found to contain filth. The matter was reported to the proper 
United States attorneys by the Secretary of Agriculture.
On August 8, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Delaware, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of fifteen 1-gallon cans, each containing 5 cans of 
crab meat, at Wilmington, Del. On August 11, 1932, the United States attorney 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, filed a libel against 35 cans of crab 
meat at Philadelphia, Pa. It was alleged in the libels that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce by A. B. Harris, from Oxford, Md., the 
former on or about August 3, 1932, and the latter on or about August 8, 1932, 
that it remained in the original unbroken packages, and that it was adulterated 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration was alleged in the libels in that the article consisted of a 
filthy animal substance.
On August 31 and September 8, 1932, no claimant having appeared in either 
case, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United  States
marshal. 
R  G TTJGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.