24794. Adulteration of peeled, boiled shrimp.    U. S. v. 19 Cans of Shrimp.    Con¬
sent decree of destruction.    (F. & D. no. 35552.    Sample no. 26315-B.)
This case involved a shipment of peeled, boiled shrimp which was decomposed.
On May 1, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado,' 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 19 cans of shrimp at Denver, Colo., 
consigned by the De Jean Packing Co., Biloxi, Miss., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 11, 1935, from the 
State of Mississippi into the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On May 7, 1935, the Seattle Fish & Poultry Market, Denver, Colo., the con- 
signee, 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 destroyed.
W. B. GBEQG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.