22112. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.      U.   S.   -v.   la   Cases,   et   al.,   of
Canned Shrimp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (P. & D. no. 31597.    Sample nos. 37390-A to 37393-A.)
This case involved quantities of canned shrimp which was found to be in 
part decomposed.
On November 16, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 775 cases of 
canned shrimp, in part at Tacoma, Wash., and in part at Yakima, Wash., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about Sep- 
tember 1, 1933, by the Gulf Coast Products Co., Inc., from New Orleans, La., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Gulf Coast Brand Shrimp * * * Packed by Gulf 
Coast Products Co., Inc., Point-A-La-Hache, La."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- .
listed in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 13, 1934, default was entered and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be condemned, forfeited, and destroyed and that costs be assessed 
against the claimant, the Gravelot Packing Co.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.