13758. Adulteration   of   canned   shrimp.     U.   S.   v.   3.61S   Cans   of   Canned
Shrimp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 19812.    I. S. No. 13589-v.    S. No. B-5061.)
On February 19, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 3,618 cans of shrimp, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Bridgeport, Conn.*, consigned in part from New Orleans, La., and 
in part from Houma, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Marine Products Co., into the State of Connecticut, in part June 26, 1924, and 
in part July 10, 1924, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Pel-La-Co Brand F,ancy Louisi- 
ana Shrimp Packed By Pelican Lake Oyster & Packing Co. Ltd. Houma, La."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its 
quality, and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
On April 22, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.