30714. Adulteration of crab meat. U. S. v. 100 Cans of Crab Meat. Default de¬ cree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 45451. Sample No. 62775-D.) This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold and in the original packages. At the time of examination it was found to contain evidence of the presence of filth. On June 1, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 100 cans of crab meat at Wash- ington, D. C.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 29, 1939, from Harvey, La., by the George Martin Sea Food Co.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and D rugs Act. The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a filthy animal substance. On June 21, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.