11204. Adulteration of whiting fillets and lobster tails.    IT. S. v. 558 Boxes of
Whiting Fillets, etc. (and 3 other seizure actions against whiting fillets 
and lobster tails). (F. D. C. Nos. 20341, 20732, 20733, 22423. Sample Nos. 
40063-H, 52888-H, 63933-H to 63936-H, incl.)
LIBELS FILED: June 18 and August 19 and 20, 1946, and January 21, 1947, 
Eastern District of Tennessee, District of New Jersey, and Eastern District 
of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about July 1 and 27, 1945, and July 11, 17, 19, and
26, 1946, by the Standard Fish Co., from Boston, Mass., and Montreal, Canada. 
PRODUCT:   558   20-pound boxes of whiting fillets at Chattanooga, Tenn., 464
30-pound boxes of lobster tails at Newark, N. J., and 900   20-pound cases
of whiting fillets at St. Louis, Mo. 
LABEL IN PART:    "Standard Brand   Fillets," "Specially Selected   Cape Rock
Lobster Tails    *    *    *   B. Gelcer & Co. New Wholesale Fishmarket   Cape 
Town," or "H & G Whiting."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of decomposed or putrid substances.
DISPOSITION: Whiting) at Chattanooga. July 24, 1946. Default decree of 
condemnation.   Product ordered sold for fertilizer.
Lobster tails. October 21, 1946. Default decrees of condemnation and de- 
struction.
Whiting at St. Louis. February 7, 1947. Consent decree of condemna- 
nation. Product ordered released under bond to claimant, Gelb Fish Co., St. 
Louis, Mo., conditioned that it be denatured so that it could not be used for 
human consumption.