3719. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. 3 Barrels of Crab Meat  (and 4 addi¬
tional seizure actions against crab meat).    Default decrees of condem- 
nation and destruction.     (F. D. C. Nos. 7503 to 7507, incl.    Sample Nos. ¦ 
54742-E, 74249-E, 87580-E, 87583-E, 89438-E.)
Between April 28 and May 1, 1942, the United States attorneys for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Southern District of New York, and the 
District of Maryland filed libels against 1 barrel containing 98 pound cans 
of crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa.; 4 barrels containing a total of 380 pound 
cans of crab meat at New York, N. Y.; and 3 barrels each containing 100 
pound cans o.: crab meat at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or about April 
24 to on or about April 27, 1942, by Louisiana Blue Crab, Distributors, Inc., 
from Westwego and Harvey, La.; and charging that it was adulterated in that 
it had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby 
it might have become contaminated with filth or whereby it might have been 
rendered injurious to health.
Between Mary 15 and June 9, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.