21409. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. 2 Barrels, et al., of Crab Meat.
Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 30691, 30804, 30821.    Sample nos. 37799-A, 37909-A, 37916-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of crab meat which was found to 
contain filth.
On July 1, July 31, and August 3, 1933, the United States attorney for the 
District of Columbia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of three barrels and forty 1-pound cans of 
crab meat at Washington, D.C., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about June 29, July 27, and July 31, 1933, by 
McMenamin & Co., Inc., from Hampton, Va., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On October 18,1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.