2691. Adulteration of crab meat.    IT. S. v. Oetave J. Rabby  (Silver Shell Oyster
Co.). Tried to the court and a jury. Verdict of guilty. Fine İf £25 
remitted.    (F. D. C. No. 2924.   Sample No, 9771-E.)   '
This product was contaminated with filth.
On February 7, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Alabama filed an information against Octave J. Rabby, trading as Silver
Shell Oyster Co. at Cohen, Ala., alleging delivery for shipment on or about 
June 20, 1940, from the State of Alabama. into the State of Maryland, of a 
quantity of crab meat that was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy substance, and in that it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On February 9, 1942, the defendant having entered a plea of not guilty, the 
case came on for trial before the court and a jury. A verdict of guilty was 
returned and the court-imposed a fine of $25, which was remitted.
Nos. 2692 and 2693 report the seizure and disposition of crab meat that 
had been packed under insanitary conditions.