19729. Adulteration of  fish.     U.   S.  v.  10  Boxes   of Fresh  Fish.    Decree  of
destruction entered.     (F. & D. No. 27406.    I. S. No. 50001.    S. No. 5595.)
Samples of fish from the interstate shipment herein described having been 
found to be infested with parasitic worms, the Secretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan.
On December 18, 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 10 boxes of fish at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 12, 1931, by the Lake 
Superior Fish Co., from Duluth, Minn., to Detroit, Mich., and charging adultera- 
tion 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, and in that 
it consisted of portions of animals unfit for food.
On February 4, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered by the court ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
HENRY A.  WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.