28651. Adulteration of crab meat.   U. S. v. Carol Dryden and A. Earl Dize (Carol
Dryden & Co.).    Pleas of guilty.    Fines, $100 and costs.    (F. & D. No.
38619.    Sample Nos. 6700-B, 7876-C.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On March 17, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture filed in the district court 
an information against Carol Dryden and A. Earl size, copartners, trading as
Carol Dryden & Co., Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment by said defendants in vio- 
lation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 9, 1934, and August 6, 
1936, from the State of Maryland into the State of New York and the District 
of Columbia, respectively, of quantities of crab meat which was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy animal substance.
On November 19, 1937, the defendants entered pleas of guilty and the court 
imposed fines totaling $100 and costs.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.