30140. Adulteration of shrimp.     U. S. v.  5,000 Pounds of Shrimp.    Decree of
condemnation.     Product   released   under   bond.      (F.   &  D.  No.   44647. 
Sample No. 20590-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found to 
be in part decomposed.
On December 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 5,000 pounds 
of shrimp at Los Angeles, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about December 20, 1938, by the Pacific Brokerage Co. from Nogales, Ariz.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 3, 1939, Louis Gayou, claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond con- 
ditioned that the unfit portion be segregated and disposed of according to law. 
The decomposed shrimp was destroyed under the supervision of this Department.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.