22534. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.     V.   S.   v.   240   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond for segregation and destruction of decom- 
posed portion.     (F. & D. no.  32546.    Sample nos. 66351-A, 68246-A.)
Samples of canned shrimp taken from the shipment in this case were found to 
be decomposed.
On April 14,1934, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 240 cases of canned shrimp at Boston, 
Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or 
about March 19, 1934, by the Indian Ridge Canning Co., from New Orleans, La., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Mopaco Brand Medium Houma Wet Pack Shrimp 
*    *    *    Packed by Montegut Packing Co., Inc., Montegut, La."
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 May 22, 1934, the Montegut Packing Co., Inc., Terrebonne, La., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property, and having admitted the allegations of the 
libel, 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 $1,800, conditioned that the decom- 
posed portion be separated and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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