21425. Adulteration of   crab   meat.     U.   S.   v.   Thirty-seven   1-pound   Cans
and Twenty-seven 1-pound Cans of Crab Meat. Default decrees 
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 30853, 
31075.    Sample nos. 48489-A, 55440-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of crab meat which was found to 
contain filth.
On July 19 and August 18, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying'seizure and condemnation of sixty-four 
1-pound cans of crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 18 and August 16, 1933, 
by A. B. Harris, from Oxford, Md., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a filthy animal substance.
On August 7 and September 13, 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.