17223. Adulteration of frozen whiting.   JJ. S. v. Pond Village Cold Storage Co.
and John C. Worthington. Pleas of guilty. Corporation fined $500 and 
individual defendant $100. (F. D. C. No. 30001. Sample Nos. 72484-K, 
72911-K, 76134-K, 76181-K, 76223-K, 76631-K.)
Pond Village Gold Storage Co., a corporation, North Truro, Mass., and John 
C. Worthington, president and treasurer of the corporation.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : On or about April 5, 1949, the def andants gave to a firm 
engaged in the business of shipping fish in interstate commerce, at Boston, 
Mass., a guaranty to the effect that no fish sold by the defendants would be 
adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act.
On or about March 3, 10, and 11, and April 28 and 29, 1950, the defendant 
sold and delivered to the holder of the guaranty, at Boston, Mass., quantities 
of frozen fish that were adulterated.
On or about March 15, 1950, the defendants shipped a quantity of adulter- 
ated frozen fish from the State of Massachusetts to the State of Illinois.
LABEL, IN PART: (Portion) "H & 6 Scaled Whiting Booth Fisheries Corp. 
Boston, Mass."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of decomposed fish.
DISPOSITION: February 27, 1951, Pleas of guilty having been entered, the 
court imposed a fine of $500 against the corporation and $100 against the 
individual defendant.