27515. Adulteration of  crab meat.     V. S. v.  60 1-Pound Cans of Special Lump
Crab Meat.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
no. 39911.   Sample no. 50653-C.)
This case involved crab meat that contained filth.
On June 11, 1937, 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 60 pound cans of crab meat at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about June 8, 1937, by the J. H. Pelham Co., from Pascagoula, Miss., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On July 15, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.