20863. Adulteration of tullibees.     IT.  S.  v.  13 Boxes  of Fresh Fish  (TuUi¬
bees). Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.   (F. & D. no. 29819.    Sample no. 28543-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of tullibees that 
were found to be infested with worms.
On January 23, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 13 boxes of tullibees at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about January 20, 
1933, by T. S. Squires, from Warroad, Minn., to Chicago, Ill., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or 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, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.