24379. Adulteration of    canned    shrimp.       V.    S.    v.    159    Cases    of    Canned
Shrimp.     Consent    decree     of    condemnation.     Product    released 
under bond.     (F. & D. no. 34156.    Samples no. 11592-B.)
This case involved canned shrimp that was in part decomposed.
On October 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 159 cases of canned 
shrimp at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about October 5, 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: " Sea Bird Brand 
Barataria Shrimp * * * packed by Southern Shell Fish Co. Inc., dis- 
tributors, Harve, La."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On February 27, 1935, the Southern Shell Fish Co., Inc., claimant, having 
-consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and it was ordered that the product be released under bond, conditioned that 
it should not be disposed of in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.