18818. Adulteration of blueflns. V. S. v. 600 Founds of Bluefin Fish. De- 
fault decree of forfeiture and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26837. 
I. S. No. 37100.    S. No. 5029.)
Samples of fish (bluefins) from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be infested with worms, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the mat- 
ter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
On August 7, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States fqr the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 500 pounds of bluefln fish at Sandusky, Ohio, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Booth Fisheries, Duluth, Minn., on or about' 
August 1, 1931, and had been transported from the State of Minnesota into the 
State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
infested with triaenophori (worms), and consisted wholly or partly of a filthy, 
decomposed, or putrid animal substance unfit for food.
On August 7, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.