24266. Adulteration of canned shrimp. IT. S. v. 24 Cases of Canned Shrimp. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.
34231.    Sample no.  10767-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp which was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On November 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Idaho, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 24 cases of canned shrimp at Boise, 
Idaho, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about August 31,1934, by the Deer Island Fish & Oyster Co., of Bayou autre, 
Ala., from New Orleans, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Gulf's Best 
Brand   *    *    *   Packed by Deer Island Fish & Oyster Co.   Biloxi, Miss."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 6,1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.