30668. Adulteration of perch fillets.    V. S. v. 58 Boxes of Perch Fillets.  Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 44940.   Sample No. 
35026-D.)
This product contained parasitic worms.
On March 2, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 58 boxes of perch fillets at 
Norfolk, Va.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce
on or about January 30, 1939, from Boston, Mass., by Cape Fish Co.; and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On May 23, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.