23328. Adulteration of canned shrimp.   U. S. v. HO Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 33633. 
Sample no. 6173-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp which was in part decom- 
posed.
On October 5, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 cases of canned 
shrimp at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about September 15, 1934, by the Nassau Packing Co., from 
Jacksonville, Fla., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "St. Johns Brand Fresh 
Shrimp Dry Pack * * * The Nassau Sound Packing Co., Nassauville, 
Fla."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 27, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.