24563. Adulteration and misbranding of canned shrimp.     II. S. v. 100 Cartons
of Canned Shrimp.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 33634.    Sample no. 11366-B.)
This case involved canned shrimp which was in part decomposed.
On October 22, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 100 cartons of canned shrimp at 
Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 19, 1934, by the Robinson Canning Co., Inc., from 
New Orleans, La., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Barataria Shrimp /
* *    *   Packed by Robinson Canning Co., Inc., New Orleans, La." 
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in
part of a decomposed animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements on the label, 
"The shrimp contained in this can are absolutely free from  adulteration;
* * * are guaranteed to pass any state or national pure food law inspec- 
tion", were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser.
On May 1, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.