21858. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 44 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. no. 31557.    Sample no. 43597-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp, samples of which were found 
to be decomposed.
On November 9, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 44 cases of canned 
shrimp at Albany, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 7, 1933, by the C. B. Foster Packing Co., from 
New Orleans, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Miss-Lou Brand Shrimp * * * 
Packed by C. B. Foster Packing Co., Inc., Biloxi, Miss."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 22, 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.