20083. Adulteration of crab meat.    U.S. v. 13 Cans of Crab Meat.    Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.
No. 28644.    Sample No. 15919-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of crab meat, 
samples of which were found to contain filth.
On August 15, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Delaware, 
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 13 cans of crab meat, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Wilmington, Del,, alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about August 8, 1932, by Alexander Haddaway, from Claiborne, Md,, to 
Wilmington, Del., 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 of a filthy animal substance.
On September 8, 1932, 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 destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TXJGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.