26336. Misbranding of  canned  shrimp.     U.   S.  v.  83   Cases  of  Canned  Shrimp.
Consent decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond to be 
relabeled.    (F. & D. no. 87749.    Sample no. 65688-B.) 

This case involved canned shrimp which was represented to have been pro- 
duced under supervision of the Food and Drug Administration of this De- 
partment, but which was not
On May 19, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 83 cases of canned 
shrimp at Worcester, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about January 10, 1936, by the Deer Island Fish 
& Oyster Co., from Mobile, Ala., and charging misbranding In violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Clover Farm Brand 
Production Supervised by U. S. Food and Drug Administration Shrimp 
* * * Clover Farm Stores, Distributors National Headquarters Cleveland, 
Ohio."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"Production Supervised by U. S. Food and Drug Administration", was false 
and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser since pro- 
duction had not been supervised by the United States Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration.
On July 13, 1936, the Deer Island Fish & Oyster Co., Bayou La Batre, Ala., 
having appeared as claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product 
be released under bond conditioned that it be relabeled.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.