24235. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 119 Cases of Canned Shrimp. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
33673.    Sample no. 14620-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp which was 
found to be in part decomposed.
On October 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 119 cases of canned 
shrimp at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 12, 1934, by the Atlantic Seafood 
Packers, Inc., from Savannah, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Sea Island Brand 
Shrimp   *    *    *   Packed by Atlantic Seafood Packers, Inc. Darien, Ga."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 21, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.