22499. Adulteration and misbranding1 of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 80 Cases
of Canned Shrimp.     Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 31938.     Sample no. 38518-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp which was in part decom- 
posed.   The article was also falsely labeled as to the name of the packer.
On February 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 80 cases of shrimp 
at Los Angeles. Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about September 2, 1933, by the Braun Canning Co. (also 
known as Gulf Foods, Inc.), from New Orleans, La., and charging adulteration 
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Ready Lunch Brand Shrimp, * * * Packed by Gulf Foods, 
Inc., Biloxi, Miss."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
" Packed by Gulf Foods, Inc.", was false and misleading and deceived and mis- 
led the purchaser, since it was packed by De Jean Packing Co., Biloxi, Miss.
On May 29, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation 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.