24401. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.    U.   S.   v.   283   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Decree of condemnation. Product released under bond 
conditioned   that   decomposed   portions   be   destroyed.     (P.   &   D.
no. 34428.   Sample no. 2266-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned shrimp which was in 
part decomposed.
On November 22, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 3n the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 283 cases of canned 
shrimp at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 3, 1934, by the Dorgan-McPhillips Pack- 
ing Corporation, from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Gulf Kist Brand 
Fancy Large Shrimp * * * Packed by Dorgan-McPhillips Packing Corp. 
Mobile, Ala."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 22, 1935, the Dorgan-McPhillips Packing Corporation, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be released under bond conditioned 
that the decomposed portions be segregated and destroyed.
M. L. WH-SON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.