30808. Adulteration of frozen fish. U. S. v. 379 Boxes of Skinless Fillets. Por- 
tion of product condemned and ordered destroyed. Remainder adjudged 
not adulterated and ordered released under bond. (F. & D. No. 44985. 
Sample Nos. 41164-I>, 41190-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original packages. At the time of examination it was found to be 
in part decomposed.
On March 10, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 379 boxes of frozen cod fillets at 
Denver, Colo., consigned by Slade Gorton Co.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about February 9, 1939, from Cleveland, Ohio; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On May 3, 1939, the Seattle Fish Co., Denver, Colo., filed a claim and answer 
admitting that a portion of the article identified by certain codes was adulter- 
ated but denying the charge with respect to the remainder. On the same date 
the court having found that a portion of the article was adulterated but that 
the remainder was not, judgment was entered condemning and ordering the 
destruction of the former, and ordering that the latter be released under bond 
conditioned that it should not be disposed of in violation of the law.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.