20658. Adulteration of  canned   shrimp.   U.   S.   v.  218   Cases   and   S5   Cases
of Canned Shrimp. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 28288, 28306. Sample nos. 1830-A, 
1848-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of canned shrimp 
that was in part decomposed.
On May 6,1932, and May 12, 1932. the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 170 cases and 85 cases, respectively, of 
canned shrimp at Seattle, Wash. On May 25, 1932, the libel filed on May 6 
was amended to read 218 cases instead of 170 cases, making a total of 303 cases 
covered by the two libels. It was alleged in the libels that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 13, 1932, by Gulf Food, 
Inc., of Biloxi, Miss., from New Orleans, La., to Seattle, Wash., that it remained 
in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., and that it was adulterated 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Ready Lunch Dry Pack * * * Shrimp Packed by Gulf Foods, Inc., 
Biloxi, Miss."
Adulteration of the article was charged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 2, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.