22274. Adulteration of  salt  herring:.     V.   S.   v.   1,776  Kits,   et  al.,  of  Salt
Herring-.      Default  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. no. 27094.    I.S. nos. 21219, 21220, 21221.    S. no. 5335.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of salt herring which was found 
to be decomposed and putrid.
On October 20, 1931, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,776 6-pound kits, 
ten 40-pound tubs, and fifty-two 100-pound kegs of salt herring at Atlanta, 
Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about September 5, 1931, by the Bayfield Fish Co., from Bayfield, Wis., 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 wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On November 21, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.