1122. Adulteration of perch.    U. S. v. 110 Boxes of Perch Fillets.   Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 2470.   Sample No. 30542-E.)
Examination showed the presence of parasitized fish in this shipment.
On August 2, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 110 boxes of perch fillets at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 24, 
1940, by Mantia & Sons from Boston, Mass.; and charging that it was adulter- 
ated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed sub- 
stance. The article was labeled in part: "Georges Bank Brand Fish * * * 
Perch Fillets."
On October 21, 1S40, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.