80686. Adulteration of frozen fish.    U. S. v. 400 Boxes of Perch Fillets and 400
Boxes of Pike. Default decrees of condemnation. Product ordered con- 
verted into fortifier. (F. & D. Nos. 45125, 45130. Sample Nos. 54666-D, 
54668-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 April 5, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 800 boxes of frozen fish at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 14, 
1939, by Cape Ann Cold Storage Co. from Gloucester, Mass.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: 
"Ocean Perch" or "Icy Bay Ocean Pike."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On May 12, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered converted into fertilizer.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.