7800. Adulteration of crab meat.    V. S. v. W. D. Gale and Hyatt B. Gale   (Gale
Packing  Co.).    Pleas  of nolo  contendere.    Each individual  fined $100.
(F. D. C. No. 14243.    Sample Nos. 28876-F, 35090-F.)
INFORMATION FILED: February 26, 1945, Southern District of Florida, against 
W. D. Gale and Hyatt B. Gale, trading as the Gale Packing Co., a partnership, 
Palatka, Fla.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 6 and 7, 1944, from the State of Florida
into the District of Columbia. 
LABEL IN PART: "Lake George Brand * * * Crab Meat." 
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance as evidenced by the presence of 
fecal EscJiericMa coli; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared and 
packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION : March 26, 1945. The defendants' motion to quash, on the grounds 
that the information did not charge the crab meat to have been rendered in- 
jurious to health or unfit for food, or that EscJiericMa coli was not per se 
adulteration, having been denied, the defendants entered pleas of nolo con- 
tendere, and each partner was fined $50 on each of 2 counts.