30724. Adulteration of frozen lobster tails.    J. S. v. 57 Boxes of Lobster Tails.
Default decree of condemnation.    Product ordered converted into ferti- 
lizer.    (F. & D. No. 44717.    Sample No. 46163-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original packages. At the time of examination it was found to be in 
part decomposed.
On January 27, 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 57 boxes of lobster tails at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about December 30, 1938, from Pittsburgh, Pa., by M. Feigenbaum & Sons 
. (Federal Cold Storage); and charging adulteration in violation of the Food
and  Drugs   Act.   The   article  was  labeled   in  part:   "Captail   Brand   Tails 
Langouste."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On March 25, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered converted into fertilizer.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.