63. Adulteration of crab meat.     TJ. S. v. Ninety-seven and Twe«ty-three 1-Pound
Cans of Crab Meat (and 2 other seizure actions against crab meat). De- 
fault decrees of condemnation all destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 251, 252 276. 
Sample Nos. 60832-D, 60833-D, 6084G-D.)
On June 30 and July 1, 1939, the United States attorneys for the District 
of Columbia and the District of Maryland filed libels against 814 pounds of 
crab meat at Washington, D. C, and 897 pounds of crab meat at Baltimore, Md., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
June 27, 1939, by Ed. Martin Sea Food Co., Inc., from Harvey and New Orleans, 
La.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance.
On July 22 and August 5, 1989, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.