24484. Adulteration of frozen shrimp.    U. S. v. 251 Boxes of Frozen Shrimp.
Consent decree  of condemnation.     Product released under bond con- 
ditioned that unfit portions be destroyed or denatured.     (F. & D. no.
35144.    Sample no. 21663-B.)
This case involved a shipment of frozen shrimp that was in part decomposed.
On February 15, 1935, 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 251 boxes of frozen 
shrimp at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 17, 1934, from Brunswick, Ga., by the 
Atlantic Shrimp Co., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 13, 1935, Chesebro Bros. & Robbins, Inc., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and 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 the decomposed portions be denatured 
or destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.