22458. Adulteration of tullibees.    U. S. v. 4 Boxes of Tullibees.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
32634.    Sample no. 67937-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of fish that were infested with 
worms.
On March 30, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four boxes 
of tullibees at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, on or about March 28, 1934, by Frontie Parker, from 
Williams, Minn., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled in part: " From Frontie Parker."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy animal substance, and in that it consisted of portions 
of animals unfit for food.
On April 26, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was 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.