86418. Adulteration of crab meat. U. S. v. 87 Cans and 50 Cans of Crab Meat. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38130. 
Sample no. 6737-C.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned crab meat that con- 
tained filth.
On July 30, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel-praying seizure and condemnation of 147 cans of crab meat at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 27, 1936, by Bast End Fish & Oyster Co., from Biloxi, Miss, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On September 11, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.