28387. Adulteration of crab meat. U. S. v. 45 Pounds of Crab Meat. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 43797. Sample No. 
34283-D.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On August 24, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 45 pounds 
of crab meat at Tamaqua, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 22, 1938, by Hampton Crab Co. from 
Hampton, Va.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a filthy 
animal substance.
On September 13, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.