27046. Adulteration of  crab  meat.     U.   S.   v.   1  Barrel   (Ninety-seven  1-Pound
Cans)  of Crab Meat.     Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 38134.    Sample no. 6803-C.)
This crab meat contained filth.
On or about August 3, 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 ninety-seven 1-pound 
cans of crab meat at Baltimore, Md., alleging that it had been shipped in inter-
state commerce on or about July 29, 1936, by East End Fish & Oyster Co., from 
Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "From East End Fish and Oyster Co. 
*    *    *   Biloxi, Miss."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy animal substance.
On September 11, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
W. R. GKEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.