24766. Adulteration of frozen shrimp. U. S. v. 35 Blocks, et al., of Frozen 
Shrimp.   -Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
nos. 35324, 35325, 35403.    Sample nos. 21671-B, 21701-B, 21704-B.)
These cases involved frozen shrimp which was wholly or in part decomposed. 
On March 14, March 21, and March 28, 1935, the United States attorney for 
the Southern District of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 96 blocks, 10 pounds each, and 2 boxes containing 304 pounds of frozen 
shrimp, at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce in various shipments on or about September 13, September 
15, September 29, and October 2, 1934, by D. H. Ward, S. E. Willis, Dave Adams,
and Sam E. Willis from Morehead City, N. C; Way Bros. Co. and Louis B. 
Willis, from Beaufort, N. C.; Independent Fish Co., from Georgetown, S. C; 
and John Santos, from Georgetown, S. C, and Yonges Island, S. C, and charg- 
ing 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 April 9 and April 25, 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.