22216. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.      IT.   S.   v.   250   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
delivered  to   fish  hatcheries  for  use  as   fish  food.     (F.   &  D.   no.
31299.    Sample no. 51331-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp which was found to be in 
part decomposed.
On October 31, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 250 cases of canned 
shrimp at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about September 23, 1933, by the Garner Packing Co., 
from Gulfport, Miss., 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 April 5, 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 delivered to the Bureau of Fisheries for use as fish food.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.