28653. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. Ludwig Paul Candies (Des Allemands
Sea Food Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. No. 39801. Sample 
Nos. 34644-C to 34647-C, incl., 34920-C, 42123-C, 43457-C, 43514-C, 43515-C, 
43516-C, 43519-C to 43522-C, incl.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On December 3, 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 Ludwig Paul Candies, trading as Des 
Allemands Sea Food Co., Des Allemands, La., charging shipment by said de- 
fendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 4, 5, and 14 
and June 15 and 21, 1937, from the State of Louisiana into the States of Mary- 
land and Virginia and the District of Columbia, of quantities of crab meat 
which was adulterated. The information also charged that the defendant on 
or about May 5, 1937, sold and delivered to Reuther's Sea Food Co., Inc., at 
New Orleans, La., under a guaranty against adulteration and misbranding 
within the meaning of the act, a quantity of crab meat; that the said product 
had been shipped by the purchaser in the identical condition as when received 
from the State of Louisiana into the State of Georgia, and that it was adul- 
terated. Portions of the article were labeled in part: (Barrels) "Des Allemands 
Sea Food Co., Allemands, Louisiana."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of a filthy animal substance.
On February 10, 1938, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and a fine of 
$100 was imposed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.