30460. Adulteration of canned crab meat.    U. S. v. 82 Cases, 182 Cases, and 96
Cases of Crab Meat.     Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 44799, 44800, 44801. Sample Nos. 43245-D, 43269-D, 43270-D, 
43362-D.) *
This product was in whole or in part decomposed.
On February 7, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 330 cases of 
canned crab meat at San Francisco, Calif.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce in various shipments on or about May 22 and 
June 20 and 21, 1938, by Port Orford Sea Food Co. from Port Orford and 
Marshfleld, Oreg.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Dodge [or "Anchor"] Brand 
Crab Meat."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of 
a decomposed animal substance.
On April 15, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.