28024. Adulteration of  canned  shrimp.     XT.  S. v.  Paul  C.  Skrmetta.     Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $20.    (F. & D. No. 39444.    Sample Nos. 13797-C, 13798-C.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On May 19, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Paul C. Skrmetta, New Orleans, La., alleg- 
ing shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or 
about September 26, 1936, from the State of Louisiana into the State of 
Texas of a quantity of canned shrimp that was adulterated. It was labeled 
in part: "Doll Baby Brand * * * Shrimp * * * L. C. Mays Co., Inc., 
Distributors, New Orleans, La."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On June 25, 1937, the defendant entered a plea of guilty; and on June 28, 
1937, a fine of $20 was imposed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.