14201. Adulteration of crab meat.   U. S. v. 1 Barrel, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 25848.
Sample No. 3729-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    September 1, 1948, District of Maryland. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about August 30, 1948, by the York River Seafood
Co., from Seaford, Va. 
PRODUCT:   3 barrels, containing a total of 311    1-pound cans, of crab meat at
Baltimore, Md.
LABEL IN PART :   "Bay Brand Crabmeat."
NATURE OF CHARGES Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product 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 contaminated 
with filth.    (The product was contaminated with B. coli of fecal origin.)
DISPOSITION: October 6, 1948. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.