11872. Adulteration and misbranding of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 22 Gases
of  Canned   Shrimp.     Default  deeree of  condemnation,  forfeiture, 
and sale.     (F. & D. No. 16349.    I. S. No. 6779-t.    S. No. E-3885.)
On May 26, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of New Hamp- 
shire, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and con- 
demnation of 22 cases of canned shrimp at Manchester, N. H., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Acme Packing Co., from Apalachicola, Fla., on 
?or about February 13, 1922, and transported from the State of Florida into 
the State of New Hampshire, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled 
in part: " AC-PA-Co Brand * * * Fancy Shrimp Wet Contents 5 3/4 Oz. 
~*    *    *   Packed By Acme Packing Co. Apalachicola, Fla."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that ex- 
cessive brine had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in 
part for canned shrimp.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, 
" Wet Contents 5 3/4 Oz.," borne on the labels of the cans containing the article, 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding 
was alleged 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 said packages.
On October 20, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.