13442. Adulteration of crab meat.    U. S. v. 5 Barrels, etc.  (and 3 other seizure
actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 25377, 25378, 25380, 25381.    Sample Nos. 2053-K, 
2057-K, 2058-K, 40132-K.)
LIBELS FILED : June 25 and July 2 and 6,1948, District of Maryland and Southern 
District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 22, 29, and 30, and July 1, 1948, by the 
Pamlico Packing Co., from Vandemere, N. C.
PRODUCT: Crab meat. 24 barrels, each containing 100 1-pound cans, and 1 
barrel containing 117 1-pound cans at Baltimore, Md., and 1 barrel containing 
100 1-pound cans and 1 barrel containing 72 1-pound cans at New York, 
N. Y. Analysis showed that the product was contaminated with E. coli of fecal 
origin.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth.
DISPOSITION: July 28 and August 4 and 13, 1948. Default decrees of condem- 
nation and destruction.