20800. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.     V.   S.   v.   21%   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 29740.    Sample no. 22450-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp that was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On January 12, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 21% 
cases of canned shrimp at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 14, 1932, by the 
American Stores Co., from Philadelphia, Pa., to Baltimore, Md., and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) "Lou-Z-Ana Brand Selected Shrimp Grand Cairo 
Packing Co., Inc., Houma. La."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On March 16, 1933, 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. TTJGWHIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.