24783. Adulteration of shrimp.     IT. S. -v. 4 Barrels of Raw Shrimp.     Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 35451.    Sample no. 
24374-B.)
This case involved raw shrimp which was in part decomposed.
On April 15, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four barrels of 
raw shrimp at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in
interstate commerce on or about April 15, 1935, by the Biloxi Shrimp Shippers 
Association, Inc., Biloxi, Miss, (shipped from Westwego, La.), and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Raw Shrimp—Biloxi Shrimp Shippers Association, Inc. * * * 
Biloxi, Miss."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a decomposed 
animal substance.
On May 6, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGQ, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.