80363. Adulteration of crab meat. U. S. v. 165 Pounds of Crab Meat. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 43048. Sample No. 
34129-D.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On July 1, 1938, the' United States attorney for the District of Delaware, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 165 pounds of crab meat at Wilming- 
ton, Del., consigned by Coulbourne & Jewett; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 29,1938, from St. Michaels, Md.; 
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 6, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.