4004, Adulteration of frozen fish.   U.S.   *   *   *   v. 13 Boxes of Frozen Fish.   Default decree?
" of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. & D. Nos. 6413, 6414, 6415, 6416, 6417,?
6418.   S. No. E-237.)
.. .On, March. 31, 1915, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New?
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 13?
boxes of frozen fish, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at New York,?
-N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about March 26, 1915, and?
transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State of New York, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the product was adulterated contrary to the pro??
visions of the Food and Drugs Act in that said article of food consisted in particular?
[part] of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, fish, contrary to?
the provisions of section 7, subdivision 6, under "Food," of said Food and Drugs Act.
On April 19, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.?
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C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 19, 1915.
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