23068.  Adulteration of crab meat.    U.  S. v.  1 Barrel and 2 Boxes  of Crab 
Meat.     Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
nos. 33195, 33198.    Sample nos. 4831-B, 4841-B.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of crab meat which was found to 
contain filth.
On July 23 and 28, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court libels praying seizure and condemnation of one barrel and two boxes of 
crab meat at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 19 and 26, 1934, by Luckham & Dameron 
from Weems, Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On August 24 and September 30, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.