30914. Adulteration of frozen fish.    V. S. v. 450 Boxes of Perch Fillets.    Default
decree  of condemnation and  destruction.     (F. & D. N*. 45533.    Sample 
No. 54821-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 whole or in part decomposed.
On June 26, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 450 boxes of perch fillets 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped by Slade Gorton 
Co. from Gloucester, Mass., on or about June 9, 1939; and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: 
"Frozen Ocean Perch Fillets."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On September 2, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered converted into fertilizer.
GEOVEB B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.