18858.  Adulteration of canned shrimp.    17. S. v. 9 Cases of Canned Shrimp, 
Default    decree    of   condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 26708.    I. S. No. 11844.    S. No. 4846.)
Samples of canned shrimp from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Southern District of California.
On or about June 25, 1931, the United -States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of nine cases of canned shrimp, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Pelican Lake Oyster & Packing Co., from Houma, La., on or 
about November 27,1930, and had been transported from the State of Louisiana 
into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Pel-La-Co Fancy La. 
Shrimp   *    *    *    Pelican Lake Oyster & Packing Co., Houma, La."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 12, 1931, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.