30174. Adulteration of shrimp.    U. S. v. 16 Cases and 3 Cases of Frozen Shrimp.
Consent decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 44669. 
Sample No. 27474-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found 
to be in whole or in part decomposed.
On January 13, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 19 cases of frozen shrimp at 
Denver, Colo., consigned by Mid-Central Fish Co.; alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about August 18, 1938, from Kansas City, Mo.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On January 23, 1939, the Mid-Central Fish Co. having signed an authorization 
for taking final decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.