24623. Adulteration of shrimp.    IT. S. v. 2 Barrels and 190 Pounds of Shrimp.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 35404, 
35405.    Sample nos. 24363-B, 24364-B.)
These cases involved shrimp which was in part decomposed.
On April 2, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 2 barrels and 190 
pounds of shrimp at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 28, 1935, by the Golden 
Meadow Shrimp Co., from Raceland, La., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a decom- 
posed animal substance.
On April 22, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.