14202. Adulteration of crab meat.   U. S. v. 1 Barrel, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 25844.
Sample No. 3720-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 3,1948, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 31, 1948, by Sinclair Seafoods, from 
Hampton, Va.
PRODUCT: 3 barrels, containing 244 1-pound cans of crab meat at Baltimore, 
Md.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth.   (The product was contaminated with B. coli of fecal origin.)
DISPOSITION: October 6, 1948. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.