21433. Adulteration of crab  meat.     U.  S.  v.  Twenty-two  1-pound  Cans  of
Crab   Meat.      Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 31074.    Sample no. 55382-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of crab meat which was found to 
contain filth.
On August 18, 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 twenty-two 1-pound 
cans of crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 15, 1933, by W. C. Larri- 
more, from St Michaels, Md., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On September 5, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.