30468. Adulteration of frozen perch fillets.    U. S. v. 370 Boxes and 513 Boxes
of Perch Fillets.     Consent decrees of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 45030, 46055.    Sample Nos. 54642-D, 54646-D.)
This product was infested with parasitic worms.
On March 17 and 23, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 883 boxes of 
perch fillets at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about March 6 and 11, 1939, by Gloucester Fresh Fish
Co., from Boston, Mass., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act   The article was labeled in part: "Northeast Perch Fillets."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On April 3, 1939, the consignee having consented to the entry of decrees, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.