2409. Adulteration and misbranding of shrimp.     TJ.   S. v.  19 Cases of  Shrimp.
Default  decree   of   condemnation and destruction.     (F.  D.   C.  No.  4878. 
Sample No. 35193-E.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of decomposed shrimp. It 
consisted of a mixture of ungraded shrimp containing appreciable quantities 
of shell, feelers, and swimmerets, and was of poor color, not uniform, not fresh, 
and was also short of the declared weight.
On June 4, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Louisiana filed a libel against 19 cases, each containing 48 cans, of shrimp at 
De Quincy, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about May 8, 1941, by the Phelan Co. from Beaumont, Tex.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
"Ama Brand Wet Pack Fancy Shrimp Drained Weight 5% Ounces Packed 
by A. M. Angelette Raceland, Louisiana."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of decomposed shrimp containing appreciable amounts of shell, feelers, and 
Bwimmerets. .
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the term "Fancy" and the statement 
"Drained  Weight 5%  Ounces" were false and misleading  as applied to an
article which was of poor color, not uniform, and not fresh; and which was 
short of the declared weight. It was alleged to be misbranded further in that 
it was in package form and did not bear a label containing an accurate state- 
ment of the quantity of contents.
On December 16, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.