24383. Adulteration of canned shrimp. V. S. -v. 99 Cases of Canned Shrimp. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
34244.    Sample no. 10546-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp that was in part 
decomposed.
On November 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 99 cases of 
canned shrimp at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 11, 1934, by the Cedar Point 
Canning Co., from Jacksonville, Fla., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Cedar Point 
Brand Wet Pack Shrimp * * * Packed by Cedar Point Canning Oo. 
Crescent, Georgia." 
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a decomposed 
animal substance.
On March 7, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.