21850. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.    V.    S.   v.   106   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 31258.    Sample no. 5472&-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp that was in part decomposed.
On October 24, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Idaho, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 106 cases of canned shrimp at 
Boise, Idaho, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about September 20, 1933, by James Fenwick & Co., from Portland, Oreg., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Cases) "Gulf's Best Brand Shrimp * * * 
Packed by Deer Island Fish & Oyster Co., Biloxi, Miss."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 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.    {