30323. Adulteration of frozen flsh. U.  S. v. 86 Boxes of Ocean Perch and 105
Cases of Whiting.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 44714, 44829.    Sample Nos. 31126-D, 31131-D, 34824-D.)
These products had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained un- 
sold and in the original packages. At the time of examination, a portion of 
the samples were found to show decomposition, and others, infestation with 
parasitic worms.
On January 23 and February 11, 1939, the United States attorneys for the 
Districts of Maryland and of Colorado, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying seizure 
and condemnation of 86 boxes of ocean perch at Baltimore, Md., and 195 
cases of whiting at Denver, Colo., consigned by Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co.; 
alleging that the articles had been shipped in part on or about September 26, 
1938, and in part on or about January 16, 1939, from Gloucester, Mass.; and
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   The articles 
were labeled in part: "Clipper Brand Ocean Perch" or "H & G Whiting."
They were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in 
part of filthy or decomposed animal substances.
On February 23 and 25, 1939, no claim having been entered, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.