15278. Adulteration of crab meat.   IT. S. v. 1 Barrel, etc (and 1 other seizure
action).    (F. D. C. Nos. 27640, 27641.   Sample Nos. 40446-K, 47611-K.)
LIBELS FILED :    July 1 and 5,1949, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 28 and 29,1949, by the G. L. Whorton Co.,
from Oriental, N. C. 
PRODUCT:    Crab meat.   4 barrels, containing a total of 339   1-pound cans, and
1 box, containing 50   1-pound cans, at Baltimore, Md.   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 animal substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : July 28,1949. The G. L. Whorton Co. having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and the court 
ordered that the product be destroyed.
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