21478. Adulteration of crab meat.    V. S. v. Two Hundred and Forty-seven
1-Pound   Cans   of   Crab   Meat.     Default   decree   of   condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30941.    Sample no. 55355-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of crab meat which was found to 
contain filth.
On August 3, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two hundred 
and forty-seven 1-pound cans of crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 1, 
1933, by C. A. Looekerman, from Crisfield, Md., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a filthy animal substance.
On August 24, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.