21950. Adulteration of   canned   sbrimp.    V.   S.   v.   1,200   Cases   of   Canned
Sbrimp. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond for segregation and destruction of decom- 
posed portions.     (F. & D. no. 31801.    Sample nos. 58715-A, 58716-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp that was found to be in part 
decomposed.
On December 29, 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 1,200 cases of canned 
shrimp at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 8, 1933, by the Sea Coast Packing Co., 
from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Miss. Miss Brand 
Shrimp, [or " Clipper Brand Shrimp "] Packed by Sea Coast Packing Co., Inc., 
Biloxi, Miss."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 25, 1934, the Sea Coast Packing Co. having appeared as claimant 
for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it
was ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,500, conditioned 
that the good part be separated- from the bad and the latter destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.