20531. Adulteration of crab  meat,     U.   S.  v.  125 Cans of  Crab  Meat.     Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.
no. 28796.    Sample no. 16020-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of crab meat that 
was contaminated with B. coli, indicating the presence of filth.
On August 25, 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 125 cans of crab meat, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about August 23, 1932, by C. A. Loockerman, Crisfield, 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 consisted 
of a filthy animal substance.
On November 18, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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.