18991. Adulteration of   herring:.    U.   S.   v.   2   Boxes   of   Herring?.     Befault
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
268J18.    I. S. No. 9879.    S. No. 5034.)
Samples ^f herring from the shipment herein described having been found 
to be infested with worms, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the Unite'd States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On August 12, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of two boxes of herring at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by R. R. Midbrod, from Beaver Bay, Minn., on or about 
July 31, 1931, and had been transported from the State of Minnesota into the 
State of Illinois, 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 con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance. Adultera- 
tion was alleged for the further reason that the article consisted of a portion 
of an animal unfit for food.
On October 12, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and 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.