30588. Adulteration of lobster tails.     TJ.  S. v.  734 Boxes  of Lobster.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 45048 to 
45052, inclusive. Sample Nos. 59849-D, 59850-D, 59851-D, 59853-D, 59855-D. 
59856-D.)
This product, which had been imported, at the time of examination was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On March 20, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 734 boxes of lobster tails 
at Brooklyn, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been imported from the Hick- 
son Canning Co. Pty., Ltd., Capetown, South Africa, within the period from on or 
about January 3 to on or about May 5, 1938; and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled variously 
in part: "Cape Rock Lobster"; "Excelsior Brand Selected Rock Lobster Tails."; 
and "Specially Selected Cape Rock Lobster Tails."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed animal substance, i. e., lobster tails.
On May 1, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. .    t,
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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