21127. Adulteration of crabmeat.   U. S. v. 22 Cans * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 35546.
Sample No. 50307-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   On or about July 24, 1953, Eastern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July 15, 1953, by the G. L. Lewis Crabmeat 
Plant, from Jacksonville, Fla.
PRODUCT: 22 1-pound cans of crabmeat at Brooklyn, N. Y. Examination 
showed that the product was contaminated with E. coli.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
the article had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may 
have been rendered injurious to health.
DISPOSITION : January 21, 1954. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.