18998. Adulteration of herring.    IT.  S. v. 4 Boxes, et  al., of herring.     De- 
fault decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. Nos.  26830, 27150,  27154,  27157.    I.  S.  Nos.  37208, 40009, 40595,  40598. 
S. Nos. 5014, 5118, 5119, 5295.)
Samples of herring from the shipments herein described having been found 
to contain worms, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On August 12, 13, and 19, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure 
and condemnation of 14 boxes of herring at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by T. R. Midbrod, from Beaver Bay, Minn., on or 
about July 28, 1931, August 7, 1931,' and August 14, 1931, and had been trans- 
ported 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 libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.    Adulter-
ation was alleged for the further reason that the article consisted of portions 
of an animal unfit for food.
On October 12,1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.