20180.  Adulteration of  crab  meat.     U.S. v.  SO  Cans,  et  al.,  of -Crab  Meat. 
Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 28870, 28872.    Sample nos. 22307-A, 22313-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of crab meat 
which was found to contain filth.
On September 6, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 95 cans of crab meat, remaining in the original 
and unbroken packages at New York City, N.Y., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce in part on or about August 30, 1932, and 
in part on or about September 1, 1932, by E. L. Watkins, from Hampton, Va., 
to New York, N.Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On September 23, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments 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. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.