20324. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.      U.S.   v.   87   Cartons   of   Canned
Sbrlmp.     Consent   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   de- 
struction.    (F. & D. no. 27379.    I.S. no. 13060.    S. no. 5563.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned 
shrimp, samples of which were found to be decomposed.
On December 14,1931, 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 87 cartons of canned shrimp, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by Devitt & 
Sons, New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 23, 1931, from New Orleans, La., 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 consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 26, 1932, by consent of the claimant, Devitt & Son Co., judgment 
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. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.