30298. Adulteration of  frozen  fish.     U.   S. v.  202  Cases  of  Cod Fillets and  12
Cases of Red Perch (and 3 similar seizure actions). Decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44702, 44703. 44715, 44795, 
44806.    Sample Nos. 27480-D, 31103-D, 31127-D, 37359-D, 37360-D, 41120-D.)
These products, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, were found to 
be in part decomposed and in part infested with parasitic worms.
On January 20 and 23, and February 7 and 9,1939, the United States attorneys 
for the District of Colorado and the District of Nebraska, acting upon reports 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 219 cases and 798 boxes of frozen fish at 
Denver, Colo., and 189 boxes of frozen fish at Omaha, Nebr., consigned in part 
by Henry & Close, Inc., and in part by Booth Fisheries Corporation; alleging 
that the article had been shipped 'within the period from on or about July 18, 
J1938, to on or about January 19, 1939, from Boston, Mass.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part variously: "Skinned Cod Fillets Igloo Brand"; "Boneless Fish Tasty- 
loins Sea Perch"; "Sprayblown Fillets"; "Green Dot Fillets"; "Eels"; "Red 
Perch Fillets."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On March 2, 1939, no claim having been entered for the lots seized at 
Denver, Colo., and the Booth Fisheries Corporation having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel filed against the lot at Omaha, Nebr., judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.