24896. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. 1 Barrel, et al., of Crab Meat.    De¬
fault decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D.  nos.  35869, 
36190, 36191.    Sample nos. 39738-B, 39755-B, 39756-B.)
These cases involved crab meat that contained filth.
On or about July 16 and July 26, 1935, the United States attorneys for the 
Districts of Maryland and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon 
reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of one barrel of crab meat at Baltimore, Md., 
and 210 cans of crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by F. H. Ayers & 
Son, Portsmouth, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce in part on or about July 12, 1935, from Norfolk, Va., and in part on 
or about July 23, 1935, from Portsmouth, Va., and that it was adulterated 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 animal substance.
On August 14 and August 16, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
on condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.