21423. Adulteration of crabmeat.   U. S. v. 49 Cans, etc. (and 1 other seizure
action).    (F. D. C. Nos. 35883, 35884.    Sample Nos. 48151-L, 48152-L.)
LIBELS FILED :    On or about November 25, 1953, Eastern District of Louisiana. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about November 19, 1953, by the Pascagoula Crab
Co., from Pascagoula, Miss. 
PRODUCT:    49   1-pound cans of "special"  crabmeat and 89    1-pound cans of
claw crabmeat at New Orleans, La.   Examination showed that the product was
contaminated with E. coli of fecal origin.
LABEL IN PART: (Can) "Pascagoula Crab Co. Claw Crab Meat [or "Special 
Crab Meat"]."
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), the 
article was prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : December 23, 1953. Default decrees of condemnation and de- 
struction.