1268. Adulteration of crab meat. U. S. v. 600 Cans, 500 Cans, and 3 Barrels of Crab Meat. Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 2225, 2236. Sample Nos. 9406-E, 9762-E, 9765-E.) • This product contained evidence of the presence of filth. Qn June 13 and 14, 1940, the United States attorneys for the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland filed libels against 1,100 cans of crab meat at "Washington, D. C, and 3 barrels containing 299 cases of crab meat at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- merce on or about June 10 and 11, 1940, by Louisiana Blue Crab Distributors, Inc., of Westwego, La., from Harvey, La.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed siib- stance; and in that it had been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth. On July 5 and 11, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.