30593. Adulteration of frozen fillets. U. S. v. 1,685 Boxes and 1,330 Boxes of Ocean Perch. Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 45114, 45219. Sample Nos. 58957-D, 58978-D.) This product contained parasitic worms. On March 30 and April 19, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 3,015 boxes of ocean perch fillets at Cincinnati, Ohio; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 17 and April 6, 1939, by Davis Bros. Fisheries, Inc., from Gloucester, Mass.; 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 animal Substance. On May 23, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.