30743. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. George O. Powley (George O. Powley
Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $175 and costs. (F. & D. No. 40765. Sample 
Nos. 58810-C, 67381-C, 67466-C, 67467-C, 67472-C, 67488-C, 67489-C.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On March 30, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against George O. Powley, trading as George 0. Powley Co., 
Wingate, Md., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, within the period from on or about August 9, 1937, to on or about 
September 6, 1937, from the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania 
of quantities of crab meat which was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy animal substance.
On May 31,1939, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court imposed 
a fine of $175 and costs.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.