24312. Adulteration of whiteflsh. TT. S. v. 54 Boxes of Whiteflsh. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34892. Sample nos. 1974-B, 1975-B.) This case involved an interstate shipment of whitefish which was found to be infested with worms. On December 18, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 54 boxes of white- fish at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 11, 1934, by M. Horwitz, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Product of Canada from J. H. Mcintosh Alta To Company New York." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly ov in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid animal substance, and in that it consisted of portions of animals unfit for food. On January 21, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.