4617. Adulteration of crab meat. U. S. v. Herbert £¦. Dawson (Star Oyster Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $300 and costs. (F. D. C. No. 8747. Sample Nos. 24013-F, 24024-F, 24816-F.) On January 5, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland filed an information against Herbert L. Lawson, trading as the Star Oyster Co. at Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment within the period from on or about July 23 to 29, 1942, from the State of Maryland into the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania of a duantity of crab meat that was adulterated in that it con- sisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of fecal pollution, and in that it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth. On March 19, 1943, the defendant having entered a plea of guilty, the court imposed a fine of $300 and costs.