21449. Adulteration of  canned  shrimp.    V.  S. v. 291  Cases  and 930  Cases
of   Canned   Shrimp.     Default   decrees   of   condemnation   and   for- 
feiture.    Product delivered to  fish hatchery for  fish food.     (F. &
D. nos. 29683, 29702.    Sample nos. 27385-A, 32919-A.)
These cases involved quantities of canned shrimp which, was found to be 
in part decomposed.
On December 24 and December 30, 1932, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 1,221 cases of canned shrimp at Rochester, N.Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about October 10, 1932, by 
C. B. Foster Packing Co., from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
" Miss Lou Brand Shrimp * * * Packed by C. B. Foster Packing Co., Inc., 
Biloxi, Miss, and Foster's Canal, La."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On August 11, 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. On August 25, 1933, an order was entered 
modifying the decrees and authorizing the marshal to deliver the shrimp to 
the fish hatcheries of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, for use as fish 
food. 
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.