80679. Adulteration of frozen fish.    U. S. v. 205 Boxes and 56 Boxes of Frozen
Pollack Fillets.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. &
D. Nos. 45348, 45349.   Sample Nos. 62704-D, 62705-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 whole or in 
part decomposed.
On or about May 15, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 261 boxes of 
frozen fish at Houston, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about April 22, 1939, by O'Donnell-Usen Fisheries from Boston, Mass.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled: "Fish of the Day Ocean Violets."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On June 24, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.