21964. Adulteration of   canned   shrimp.    IT.   S.   v.   900   Cases   of   Canned
Shrimp. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond for segregation and destruction of decom- 
posed portion.    (F. & D. no. 31864.    Sample no. 58806-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned shrimp that was found to be in part 
decomposed.
On January 19, 1934, 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 900 cases of canned 
shrimp at Frankford, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 14, 1933, by the Deneen Packing Co., Inc., 
from Biloxi, Miss., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Frankford Brand Wet Pack 
Shrimp."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 29, 1934, the H. A. McGinniss 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 pay- 
ment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,000, conditioned that 
the unfit portion be segregated and destroyed under the supervision of this 
Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.