24273. Adulteration of canned shrimp. U. S. v. 48 Cases and 49 Cases of Canned Shrimp. Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- tion. (F. & D. nos. 34302, 34303. Sample nos. 14012-B, 14015-B.) These cases involved interstate shipments of canned shrimp which was found to be in part decomposed. On or about November 8, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 97 cases of canned shrimp at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- state commerce on or about September 14 and October 16, 1934, by the St. Marys Canning Co., from Kingsland, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Taylor Brand Shrimp * * * Packed by St. Marys Canning Co. St. Marys, Georgia." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance. On December 18, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- demnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.