30557. Aflnlteration of herring roe. U. S. v. Four Boxes of Herring Roe. De¬ fault decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 45249. Sam- ple No. 35142-D.) This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold and in the original packages. At the time of examination it was in part decomposed; and it also contained fish scales and pieces of intestine. On April 29, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four boxes of fish roe at Baltimore, Md.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about April 21 and 22, 1939, by G. W. Haydon from Peary, Va.; 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 and decomposed animal substance. On May 23, 1939, no claimant having apepared, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed, M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.