23337. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    IT. S. v. 8 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.       (F.   &   D.   no.
33688.    Sample no. 6863-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp that was decomposed.
On October 15, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of eight cases 
of canned shrimp at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about September 2S, 1934, by the Nassau Pack- 
ing Co., from Jacksonville, Fla., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " St. Johns Brand 
Fresh Shrimp    *    *    *    The Nassau Sound Packing Co., Nassauville, Fla."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On November 1, 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.