27340. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S.v. 129 Cans, et al., of Crab Meat.    De¬
fault   decrees  of  condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.  & D.   nos.  39547. 
39548, 39632.    Sample nos. 22879-C, 22880-C, 22882-C, 22884-C, 22917-C.)
These cases involved crab meat that contained filth.
On April 24 and May 1, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of 
Maryland, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 416 cans and 3 
barrels, containing 271 cans, of crab meat at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 21 and 
April 28, 1937, by S. L. Lewis from Brunswick, Ga., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy animal substance.
On May 26 and June 4, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
H. A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.