23942. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    TJ. S. v. 74 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. no. 33596.    Sample no. 16734-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp which was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On October 1, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 74 cases of canned 
shrimp at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 4, 1934, by Henry J. Pitre, from New 
Orleans, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act The article was labeled in part: "Bayou Rose Brand Shrimp * * * 
packed by Henry J. Pitre, Cut Off, La."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 30, 1935, 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.