23053. Adulteration of crab meat.    U.  S. v.  55 Cans and 70 Cans  of Crab
Meat.    Default  decree  of  condemnation  and  forfeiture.     (F.  & D.
no. 33088.    Sample no. 4644-B.)
This case involved a shipment of crab meat which was found to contain 
filth.
On July 16, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme 
Court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 125 cans of crab meat at Washington, D. C, 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about July 13, 1934, by McMenamin & Co., Inc., from Hampton, Va., 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 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On September 22, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- 
nation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered that the product be 
disposed of in such manner as would not violate the provisions of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.