28821. Adulteration of crab meat.      U.  S. v. 129 Pounds of Crab Meat   (and 2
similar seizure actions). Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. NOB. 41846, 41880, 41882. Sample Nos. 13277-D, 13281-D, 
13287-D.)
This product contained filth.
On February 15, 16, and 18, 1938, the United States attorneys for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of New York, acting upon 
reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 129 pounds of crab meat at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., and 2 barrels of crab meat at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 12 and 
14, 1938, by Gulf Crest Fisheries Co. from Jacksonville, Fla., and charging adul- 
teration 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 March 5, 11, and 14, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.