24912. Adulteration of crab meat.     U. S. v. 2 Barrels of Crab  Meat.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 36189. Sample 
no. 39754-B.)
This case involved a shipment of crab meat which contained filth.
On July 25, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two barrels of crab meat at Balti- 
more, Md., consigned by J. H. Fleming & Co., Portsmouth, Va., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 24, 1935, from 
Portsmouth, Va., into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy animal substance.
On August 16, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.