21497. Adulteration of crab meat.    IT.  S. v. 6 Barrels of Crab Meat.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (B\ &
D. no. 30734.    Sample no. 26643-A.) 
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This case involved a shipment of crab meat which was found to contain filth.
On July 13, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court 
of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of six barrels of crab meat at Washington, D.C., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 10, 1933, by 
F. P. Long & Co., from St. Michaels, Md., and charging adulteraton in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance.
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On October 18, 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.