25769. Adulteration of crab meat.     U. S. v. Isaac T. Tyler and William J. Adams
(I. T. Tyler & Co.).    Pleas of nolo contendere.    Fines, $100 and costs.
(F. & D. no. 36956.    Sample nos. 27643-B, 27C46-B, 42105-B, 42107-B).
This case involved shipments of crab meat that contained fecal Bacillus coli, 
evidencing the presence of filth.
On March 11, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Isaac T. Tyler and William J. Adams, a partnership 
-trading as I. T. Tyler & Co., Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment by said defendants 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 22, July 25, and July 
26, 1935, from the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, and on or 
about July 25, 1935, from the State of Maryland into the State of New Jersey, 
of quantities of crab meat that was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy animal substance, due to pollution by fecal Bacillus coli.
On March 27, 1936, the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere and the 
court imposed fines totaling $100 and costs.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.