29325. Adulteration of crab meat.    IT. S. v. 44 Pounds of Crab Meat.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 43157. Sample 
No. 34143-D.)
This product contained evidence of the presence of filth.
On July 21, 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 44 pounds of 
crab meat at Philadelphia, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 19, 1938, by W. C. Larrimore 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 12, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.