29216. Adulteration of crab meat.    TJ. S. v. 15 Pounds of Crab Meat.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No.  43060.    Sample 
? No. 34035-D.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On July 8, 1938, 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 15 pounds of 
crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 6, 1938, by W. C. L-arrimore from St 
Michaels, Md.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted of a filthy animal 
substance.
On August 2, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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