21685. Adulteration of canned shrimp. V. S. v. 140 Cases, et al., of Canned 
Shrimp.      Default     decrees    of    condemnation     and     destruction.
(F. & P. nos. 30951, 30957, 31040.    Sample nos. 41004-A, 41005-A, 41012-A, 
41013-A, 42381-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of canned shrimp that was found to 
be in part decomposed.
On August 17, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 140 cases of canned shrimp 
at Cincinnati, Ohio.   On August 17 and September 1, 1933. the United States
attorney for the District of Minnesota filed libels against 213 cases of canned 
shrimp at St. Paul, Minn. It was alleged in the libels filed in the District 
of Minnesota, that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by the 
Biloxi Canning & Packing Co., of Biloxi, Miss., in part from Biloxi, Miss., on 
or about June 27, 1933, and in part from New Orleans, ¦ La., on or about July 
1, 1933. The records indicate that the lot seized at Cincinnati, Ohio, was also- 
shipped by the Biloxi Canning & Packing Co., from Biloxi, Miss., on or about 
July 19,1933. The article was labeled in part: ' B C P Brand [or " Fountain'^ 
Choice Brand" or Biloxi Miss Brand"] Shrimp * * * Packed by Biloxi 
Canning & Packing Co., Inc., Biloxi, Miss."
The libels charged that the article was adulterated in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act in that it consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 3, 5, and 14, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the- property, 
judgments of condemnation were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture*