17368. Adulteration of crab meat.   U. S. v. Lancaster Seafoods, Inc., and John
Curlett, Jr. Pleas of not guilty. Tried to the court. Verdict of guilty. 
Each defendant fined $500 on count 1; imposition of sentence on count 
2 suspended for 1 year. (F. D. C. No. 29654. Sample Nos. 66940-K, 
67521-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : November 13, 1950, Eastern District of Virginia, against 
Lancaster Seafoods, Inc., Morattico, Va., and John Curlett, Jr., secretary and 
treasurer of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 26 and 31, 1950, from the State of Vir- 
ginia into the State of New York and the District of Columbia.
LABEL IN PART: "Lancaster Seafoods, Inc. Regular Crab [or "Claw Crab"] 
Meat   1 Lb. Net   Morattico, Va."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) ( 3), the product consisted in 
part of a filthy substance as evidenced by the presence of fecal Escherichia 
col; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared and packed under insan- 
itary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : Pleas of not guilty having been entered, the matter came on for 
trial before the court on May 24, 1951, and a verdict of guilty was returned. 
On June 19,1951, the court fined each defendant $500 on count 1 and suspended 
sentence for 1 year on count 2.