30495. Adulteration of  frozen   percb  fillets.     II.  S.  v.  48  Boxes  of Red Percb
Fillets. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered turned over 
to a Federal institution for fertilizing purposes. (F. & D. No. 45010. 
Sample No. 54527-D.)
This product was infested with parasitic worms.
On March 11, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 48 boxes of perch 
fillets at Detroit, Mich.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about February 27, 1939, by Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. from 
Cleveland, Ohio; 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 5, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered turned over to a Federal institution 
to be used for fertilizing purposes.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.