20307. Adulteration of crab meat.    U.S. v. 20 Cans of Crab Meat.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
28873,    Sample no. 22318-A.) 
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This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of crab meat 
which was found to contain filth.
On September 7, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida, 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 20 cans of crab meat, remaining in the original 
and unbroken packages at West Palm Beach, Fla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 1, 1932, 
by the Coston Co., Inc., from Hampton, Va., to West Palm Beach, Fla., 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 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On October 11, 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.