20970. Adulteration of crabmeat.   U. S. v. 50 Cans * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 35860.
Sample No. 46808-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 26,1953, Southern District of Texas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about August 19, 1953, by Reuther's Seafood Co.,
Inc., from New Orleans, La. 
PRODUCT:   50   1-pound cans of crabmeat at Houston, Tex.   Examination showed
that the product was contaminated with E. coli of fecal origin. 
LABEL IN PART:   "Reuther's   *   *   *   Crab Meat   Seasoned With Salt." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a> (3), the article consisted in
whole or in part of a filthy animal substance; and lSection 402 (a)  (4), the
article was prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION :   October 2,1953.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.