23195. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.     U.   S.   v.   189   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp.    Decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond 
for separation and destruction  of decomposed portion.     (F. & D.
no.   33456.    Sample  no.   11327-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp that was in part decomposed.
On September 14, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in tie 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 189 cases of canned 
shrimp at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about August 30, 1934, by the Southern Shell Fish 
Co., Inc., from New Orleans, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: " Palm Brand Shrimp
*    *   *   Packed by Southern Shell Fish Co., Inc., Harvey, La."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On October 24, 1934, the Southern Shell Fish Co., Inc., having appeared as 
claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and it was ordered that the product be released under 
bond conditioned that the decomposed portion be segregated and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.