30461. Adulteration of frozen fillets.    U. S. v. 983 Boxes and 34 Boxes of Ocean
Perch.     Default   decrees   of   condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.
Nos. 45132, 45142.    Sample Nos. 35112-D, 43144-D.)
This product was infested with parasitic worms.
On April 3 and 5, 1939, the United States attorneys for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of West Virginia, acting upon reports 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 983 boxes of ocean perch at Pittsburgh, 
Pa., and 34 boxes of ocean perch at Charleston, W. Va.; alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 18 and 21, 1939, 
by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. from Boston, Mass.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On April 12 and 29, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.