29333. Adulteration of crab meat.    V. S. v. 194 Pounds and 9 Pounds of Crab
Meat.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D  Nos
43230, 43231.    Sample Nos. 34151-D, 34152-D.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On July 30, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 203 pounds of crab meat
at Philadelphia, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 27 and 28, 1938, by Crocheron Bros. Packing Co., from 
Crocheron, Md.; 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 August 24,1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.