19147. Adulteration of herring-.    TJ.  S. v. 3 Boxes, et al., of Herring.    De¬
fault  decrees  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,   and  destruction.     (F.
& D. Nos. 27843, 27869, 27871, 27876.    I. S. Nos. 44131, 44135, 44146, 50297. 
S. Nos. 5724, 5725, 5726, 5727.)
Samples of herring from the shipments herein described having been found 
to be infested with worms and unfit for food, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois.
On December 10, December 11, and December 14, 1931, the United States 
attorney filed in the District Court of the United States for the district afore- 
said libels praying seizure and condemnation of 12 boxes or cases of herring 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by Russell Ege, from 
Beaver Bay, Minn., in various consignments, on or about December 4, 1931, and 
December 8, 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 libels that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance. Adulteration 
was alleged for the further reason that the article consisted of a portion of 
an animal unfit for food.
On January 11, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.