22054. Adulteration of tullibees.    U.  S.  v.  146 Boxes,  et  al.,  of  Tullibees.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. no. 29686.    Sample nos. 26414-A to 26417-A.)
This case involved shipments of tullibees that were found to be infested with 
parasitic worms. •
On December 28, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 541 boxes of tullibees at 
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce between August 28, 1932, and November 3, 1932, by the Booth Fisheries 
Co., from Warroad, Minn., 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 con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy animal substance, and in that it consisted 
of portions of animals unfit for food.
On August 4,il933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Actinff Secretary of Agriculture.