28878. Adulteration of fish roe.     U.  S. v. 4 Kegs of Fish Roe,  et al.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 42053 to 42064,. 
incl.    Sample Nos. 12201-D to 12212-D, incl.)
This product contained parasitic worms and fish scales.
On March 28, 1938, 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 103 kegs and 4% 
barrels of fish roe at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
between March 1, 1937, and March 10, 1938, by various Wisconsin and Michigan* 
shippers, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On April 23, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation!, 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.