22115. Adulteration of   canned    shrimp.   IT.    S.   v.   428   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond for segregation and destruction of de- 
composed portion.    (F. & D. no. 31634.    Sample no. 51808-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp which was found to be in 
part decomposed.
On November 27, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 428 cases of canned 
shrimp at New York, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about October 11, 1933, by L. P. Maggioni & Co., from 
Savannah, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: " Mermaid Brand Shrimp * * * 
Packed by L. P. Maggioni & Co.,    *    *    *    Savannah, Ga."
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 March 9, 1934, L. P. Maggioni & Co., claimant, having admitted the alle- 
gations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 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 $1,000, conditioned in part that it be examined under 
the supervision of this Department and the decomposed portion destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.