20649. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    IT. S. v. 19 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. no. 29307.    Sample no. 16426-A.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned 
shrimp, samples of which were found to be decomposed.
On November 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, 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 19 cases of canned shrimp, remaining in the original 
and unbroken packages at Worcester, Mass., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 13 and August 19, 1932, by 
Nassau Packing Co., Inc., from Jacksonville, Fla., to Worcester, Mass., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Cans) "Wet Pack * * * St. Johns Brand Fresh 
Shrimp    *    *    *   The Nassau Sound Packing Co., Nassauville, Fla."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 15, 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. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.