30431. Adulteration of frozen fillets.    U. S. v. 160 Boxes of Perch Fillets.    De¬
fault   decree   of   condemnation  and   destruction.   (F.   &  D.   No.   45041. 
Sample No. 35000-D.) 
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This product contained parasitic worms.
On March 17, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 160 boxes of perch 
fillets at Charleston, W. Va.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about March 4, 1939, by Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea 
Co. from Boston, Mass.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On April 12, 1939,, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.