17537. Action to enjoin and restrain the interstate shipment of adulterated fish 
and fish products and vegetables. U. S. v. J. Lowery Harrison and 
Else S. Harrison (Kent Packing Co.). Decree for temporary injunc- 
tion entered by consent.    (Inj. No. 144.)
COMPLAINT FILED : July 1, 1946, District of Maryland, against J. Lowery Har- 
rison and Else S. Harrison, copartners, trading as the Kent Packing Co., Rock 
Hall, Md.
NATURE OF CHARGE: That the defendants from on or about May 16 and 17, 
1946, to the date of filing the complaint had been brining, processing, and 
canning fish and fish products and vegetables under insanitary conditions, 
the result of the presence of flies, maggots, and rodents, and improper facili- 
ties and supervision; that the food products so processed by the defendants 
were adulterated within the meaning of Section 402 (a) (4) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; that the adulterated foods being so prepared and 
packed by the defendants were being shipped in interstate commerce from Rock 
Hall, Md., to other states; that various investigations and examinations made 
by representatives of the Food and Drug Administration had showed the 
existence of the insanitary conditions; and that the defendants had been 
warned to remedy the defects existing in their method of manufacture, but- 
had failed to do so.
The complaint alleged further, on information and belief, that the defendants 
would continue to cause the introduction and delivery for introduction into 
interstate commerce of adulterated foods unless enjoined from so doing, and 
prayed the entry of a temporary restraining order, and that after due pro- 
ceedings, the court enter an order enjoining the defendants from the acts 
complained of.
DISPOSITION : On July 1, 1946, the court entered an order that the defendants 
show cause why a temporary restraining order should not be entered as prayed 
by the complaint. On July 11, 1946, the defendants having consented, a tem- 
porary injunctive decree was entered enjoining the defendants, their agents, 
servants, and employees, and any and all other individuals or corporations in 
active concert or participation with them, from introducing, or delivering for 
introduction into interstate commerce, foods, and specifically, canned sea- 
foods, adulterated within the meaning of the Act.