22055. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.    17.   S.   v.   567   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 31287.    Sample no. 45124-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp that was found to be in part 
decomposed.
On October 26, 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 567 cases of 
canned shrimp at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 8, 1933, by the Golden 
Meadow Packing Co., from Golden Meadow, La., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 28, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the product, judgment 
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.