5503. Adulteration of crab meat.   IT. S. v. 100 Cans of Crab Meat.   Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 7951.   Sample No. 24807-F.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of Escherichia coli, indicat- 
ing fecal pollution.
On July 18, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia 
filed a libel against 100 1-pound cans of crab meat at Washington, D. C, alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped on July 16, 1942, by Harrison & Jarboe 
Seafood Co. from St. Michaels, Md.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, 
and in that it had been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby 
it had become contaminated with filth and had been rendered injurious to health.
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On August 6, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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