21905. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 800 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. no. 31232.    Sample no. 44483-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp, samples of which were 
found to be decomposed.
On October 23, 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 800 cases of canned 
shrimp at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 5, 1933, by the Mavar Fish & 
Oyster Co., from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) " Olivia Brand 
Small Shrimp Dry Pack * * * Packed by Mavar Fish & Oyster Company, 
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 January 9, 1934, the Mavar Fish & Oyster Co. having entered an appear- 
ance as claimant, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,200, conditioned 
that it be made to conform with the law under the supervision of this Depart- 
ment, and that it not be sold or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.