18823. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.      IT.    S.   v.   200   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    de- 
struction.     (No. 201-A.    F. & D. No. 28272.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned shrimp, 
samples of which were found to be in part decomposed.
On May 4, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 200 cases of canned shrimp, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 15, 1932, by the 
Texas Canners (Inc.), from Galveston, Tex., to San Francisco, Calif., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted partly of a decomposed animal substance.
On June 30, 1932, 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.
. HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.