30854. Adulteration of frozen fish.    U. S. v. 290 Boxes of Frozen Fillets  (and
2 other seizure actions against similar products). Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 45027, 45167, 45354. Sample 
Nos. 53376-D, 63442-D, 65523-D, 65586-D.)
These products had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original packages. At the time of examination, two of the lots 
were found to be infested with parasitic worms, and the remaining lot was 
found to be in whole or in part decomposed.
Between March 16 and May 18, 1939, the United States attorneys for the 
Southern District of Indiana, Northern District of Ohio, and Southern District 
of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their 
respective district courts libels praying seizure and condemnation of 290 boxes 
of frozen flsh at Indianapolis, Ind., 272 boxes of frozen fish at Akron, Ohio, 
and 16 cartons of frozen fish at Springfield, Ill.; alleging that the articles had 
been shipped within the period from on or about August 31, 1938, to on 
or about April 22, 1939, from Boston, Mass., in part by the 40 Fathom Fisheries 
Co., and in part by General Seafoods Corporation; and charging adulteration
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The articles were labeled in part, 
variously: "Ocean Perch Cello"; "Cape Ann Ocean Perch"; or "Whiting Fillets, 
Skins On."
The perch was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or In 
part of a filthy animal substance. The whiting fillets were alleged to be adul- 
terated in that they consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal 
substance.
Between May 17 and September 25, 1939, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.