30749. Adulteration of frozen fish.    U. S. v. 750 Boxes of Fillets  (and 2 otber
seizure actions against similar products). Decrees of condemnation and 
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44944, 45145 to 45149, inclusive. Sample Nos. 
36950-D, 36956-D, 40944-D, 40945-D, 40947-D, 40948-D.)
These products had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original packages. At the time of examination they were found to 
be in part decomposed.
On March 3 and April 7, 1939, the United States attorneys for the District 
of Kansas and the Western District of Texas, acting upon reports by the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying seizure 
and condemnation of 750 boxes of frozen fish at Kansas City, Kans., and 134 
cases and 873 boxes of frozen fish at El Paso, Tex.; alleging that the articles had 
been shipped within the period from on or about November 19, 1938, to on or 
about March 15, 1939, by Mid-Central Fish Co., in part from Portland, Maine, 
and in part from Kansas City, Mo.; and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The articles were labeled variously in part: "Nordic 
Fillet," "Sealshipt Fish Twin Haddock Fidgets," "Cutlets," and "O-So-Good 
FiUets."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted wholly or in 
part of decomposed animal substances.
On March 11 and June 28, 1939, the shipper having appeared in the action 
instituted at Kansas City, Kans., and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
and no appearance having been made in the actions instituted at El Paso, Tex., 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered 
destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.