26091. Adulteration of crab meat.     U. S. v. 8 Barrels and 488 Cans of Crab Meat.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 37720, 
37723.    Sample nos. 62768, 62768-B.)
These cases involved canned crab meat that was in whole or in part decom- 
posed.
On May 7, 1936, the United States attorneys for the District of Columbia 
and the District of Maryland, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of eight 
barrels of crab meat at Washington, D. C., and 488 pound cans of crab meat at 
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com-
merce on or about May 1, 1936, by the Seacoast Fish & Shrimp Co., from Race- 
land, La., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On June 9 and June 11, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.