27668. Adulteration of canned shrimp.    U. S. v. 102 Cases of Shrimp.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 89332. Sample 
No. 12784-C.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On April 7, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel (amended June 8, 1937) praying seizure and condemnation of 102 
cases of canned shrimp at Toledo, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped 
In Interstate commerce on or about February 3, 1937, by George H. Leslie & Co. 
from Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Doll Baby Brand Wet Pack 
Shrimp, Best Quality, L. O. Mays Co. Inc., Distributors, New Orleans, La."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On August 2, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.