20831. Adulteration of   tullibees.     U.   S.   v.   6%   Cases   and   5   Boxes   of
Tullibees.   Default    decrees     of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and 
destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 29872, 29877.    Sample nos. 4572-A, 28544-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of tullibees that were infested 
with worms.
On January 24 and January 31, 1933, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States, libels praying seizure 
and condemnation of 11% cases and boxes of tullibees at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, in part on or about 
July 19, 1932, and in part on or about January 21, 1933, by Art Zippel, from 
Baudette, Minn., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, and in 
that it consisted of portions of animals unfit for food.
On April 4, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TXTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.