24593. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    U.  S. v. 74 Cases of Canned Shrimp.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for 
segregation and destruction of unfit portion. (F. & D. no. 35033. Sam- 
ple no. 29275-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp which was in part decom- 
posed.
On or about January 31, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 74 cases of 
canned shrimp at Chicago, Ill., alleging, that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 25, 1934, by the Deer Island Fish 
& Oyster Co., from Bayou Labatre, Ala., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On April 16, 1935, the Messcher Brokerage Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the 
product be released under bond conditioned that the decomposed portion be segre- 
gated and destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.