30703. Adulteration of frozen fish.    U. S. v. 96 Boxes of Perch Fillets.    Default
decree   of   condemnation.     Product   ordered  converted   into   fertilizer.
(F. & D. Nos. 45013, 45014.    Sample No. 54361-D.)
This product contained parasitic worms.
On March 17, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 96 boxes of frozen perch 
fillets at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about February 25, 1939, from Boston, Mass., by Ocean Fish 
Corporation; 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 May 12, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was  entered  and the  product  was  ordered converted  into  fertilizer.
HAKEY LI. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.