14204. Adulteration of crab meat.   U. S. v. 2 Barrels   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No.
25845.   Sample No. 3706-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 31,1948, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 25,1948, by P. K. Hunt & Son, from Fort 
Monroe, Va.
PRODUCT: 2 barrels, each containing 96 1-pound cans, of crab meat at Baltimore, 
Md.
NATURE OF CHARGE: 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 con- 
taminated with filth. (The product was contaminated with B. coli of fecal 
origin.)
DISPOSITION :   October 6,1948.  Default decree of condemnation and destruction.