29738. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. -r. Brunswicfc Fisheries, Inc.    Plea of
nolo contendere. Sentence suspended. Defendant placed on 2 years 
probation.    (F. & D. No. 42559.    Sample Nos. 13362-D, 13363-D, 13402-D.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On September 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Brunswick Fisheries, Inc., Bruns- 
wick, Ga., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about April 5 and 13, 1938, from the State of Georgia into 
the States of South Carolina and New York, respectively, of quantities of 
crab meat that was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy animal substance.
On October 12, 1938, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of 
the defendant.. The court suspended sentence and placed the defendant on 
probation for a period of 2 years.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.