20647. Adulteration of crab  meat.     V.  S. v.  One Thousand Four Hundred
1-Pound Tins of Crab Meat.    Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.    (F. & D. no. 28503.    Sample no. 15732-A.)
This action was based on the shipment of a quantity of canned crab meat, 
which was found to contain filth.
On July 22, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme 
Court of the District of Columbia, holding a District Court, a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of one thousand four hundred 1-pound tins of crab 
meat, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Washington, D. C, alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped on or about July 19, 1932, by F. P. Long 
& Co., from St. Michaels, Md., to Washington, D. C, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Tag) " From F. P. Long & Company Sea Food St. Michaels Maryland."
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 February 6, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. POWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.