22551. Adulteration of  crab  meat.     U.   S.  v.   12  Cans  and  5  Cans   of  Crab
Meat.     Default  decree  of condemnation,  forfeiture, and  destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. no. 33184.    Sample no. 5548-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of crab meat which was found to- 
be polluted.
On July 30, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 cans of 
crab meat at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 24, 1934, by Tilghman Packing Co., from. 
Baltimore, Md., 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 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On July 31, 1934, no claret having appeared for the property, 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.