21117. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.    TJ.   S.   v.   375   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.    (F. & D. no. 29778.    Sample no. 21080-A.)
This case involved a quantity of canned shrimp which was in part de- 
composed.
On January 26, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 375 cases of 
canned shrimp at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about December 29, 1932, by the Louisiana Pack- 
ing Co., from Houma, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Kellogg's Supreme Quality 
Shrimp."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On May 24, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.