20304. Adulteration of crab meat.    U.S. v. 50 Cans  of Crab Meat.   Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
28868.    Sample no. 22311-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of crab meat 
which was found to contain filth.
On September 3, 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 praying 
seizure and condemnation of 50 cans of crab meat, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Jenkintown, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about August 31. 1932, by P. K. Hunt & Son, from Hampton, Va., 
from Fort Monroe, Va., to Jenkintown, Pa., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On October 24, 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. TUG-WELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.