21859. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    V. S. v. 783 Cases and 803 Cases of
Canned Shrimp. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. no. 31563. Sample nos. 44974-A, 
44775-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp, variously coded. 
Samples taken from certain of the codes were found to be decomposed.
On November 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,586 cases of canned 
shrimp at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 11, 1933, by the Anticich Packing Co., 
Inc., from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "American Beauty Shrimp."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 5, 1934, the Anticich Packing Co., Inc., 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 $6,000, condi- 
tioned that it should not be sold or disposed of contrary to the provisions of 
the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.