22206. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 100 Cases and 30 Cases of
Canned Shrimp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.      (F.   &   D.   no.   30782.     Sample   no.   41607-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp which was in part decom- 
posed.
On July 29, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 130 cases of canned 
shrimp at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about June 10, 1933, by the Aughinbaugh Canning Co., 
from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Nigger Bead Brand Shrimp Dis- 
tributed by Aughinbaugh Canning Co., Baltimore, Md." 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 31, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was 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.