21774. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.      U.   S.   v.   200   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp.     Decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   re- 
leased under bond for separation and destruction of bad portions.
(F. & D. no. 31549.    Sample no. 58582-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp that was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On November 6, 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 200 cases 
of canned shrimp at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 6, 1933, by the Fisher Sea 
Food Co., from Lafitte, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Fisher's Blue Gulf 
Brand Shrimp   *    *    *    Packed by Fisher Seafood Company, Lafitte, La."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On November 15. 1933, Louis A. Ludwig & Co. having appeared as claimant 
for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $350, 
conditioned that the unfit portions be segregated and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.