26259. Adulteration of crab meat.     U.  S. v. 3  Barrels  of Crab  Meat.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & B. no. 37796.    Sample no. 
53230-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of crab meat that was contami- 
nated with Bacillus coli.
On May 4, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of three barrels 
of crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about May 2, 1936, by W. G. Ruark & Son, from 
Port Royal, S. C, and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a filthy 
animal substance.
On May 27, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HAESY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.