21646. Adulteration of crab meat U. S. v. 1 Barrel and Ninety-six l-Pound 
Cans of Crab Meat. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 30893, 31066. Sample nos. 37927-A, 
44132-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of crab meat that was found to 
contain filth.
On August 10 and September 8, 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 one barrel, containing one 
hundred 1-pound cans, and ninety-six 1-pound cans of crab meat at Washington, 
D.C., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about August 7 and September 5, 1933, by Amory & Holly, from Hampton, 
Va., 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 in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On October 18, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments 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. Tucson, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.