11029.?Misbranding- of canned shrimp.     IT.  S. v.  15  Cases of Shrimp.    De?
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 16269.    I. S. No. 18663-t.    S. No. C-2917.)
On May 4, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 15 cases of shrimp at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the Brunswick Canning Co., Brunswick, Ga., March 17,?
1922, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Illinois, and?
charging misbranding in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act, as amended.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that the cans containing the said article were labeled, marked, and?
branded as follows, " Barataria Shrimp Blue Point Brand Packed By The?
Brunswick Canning Co. Brunswick, Ga. Contents 9f Oz. Net," which state??
ments were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser in?
that they represented that the said article was Barataria shrimp and that?
each of said cans contained 9| ounces net of the article, whereas, in truth?
and in fact, the said cans did not contain shrimp from Barataria Bay and?
did contain less than 9f ounces net of the said article. Misbranding was al??
leged for the further reason that the article was food in package form, and?
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the?
outside of the package in terms of weight and measure.
On June 27, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.