21281. Adulteration and Misbranding of trustees.    V. S. v.  19 Boxes and
8 Boxes of trustees. Default decrees of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 30670, 30673. Sample nos. 
32145-A, 32146-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of fish labeled, " Perch", which 
were found to be trustees infested with parasitic worms.
On June 7 and June 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 27 boxes 
of trustees at New York, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about June 3 and June 5, 1933, by the Warroad Fish Co., from Warroad, 
Minn., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) " Perch From Warroad 
Fish Co., Warroad, Minn."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid substance and in that it 
consisted of portions of animals unfit for food.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Perch ", borne 
on the label was false and misleading, since the fish were tullibees.
On July 27, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.