30802. Adulteration of frozen fish.     TJ. S. v. 791 Boxes of Frozen Fish  (and 10
other  seizure actions against similar products). Default decrees of 
condemnation. Portions of products ordered destroyed; remainder 
ordered converted into fertilizer. (F. & D. Nos. 43993, 44750, 45026, 45230, 
45276, 45290. 45293, 45301, 45304, 45305, 45363, 45441. Sample Nos. 29131-D, 
' 29133-D, 32395-D, 43199-D, 47300-D, 48882-D, 49153-D, 55301-D, 55302-D, 
55323-D, 55335^D, 62570-D, 65207-D, 65244-D.)
These products had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
in the original packages. At the time of examination, certain lots were in part 
decomposed, others contained parasitic worms, and in one lot both conditions 
were found.
Between the dates of September 22, 1938, and June 1, 1939, the United States 
attorneys for the Southern District of Georgia, the District of Massachusetts, 
Northern District of Indiana, Southern District of Indiana, Northern District 
of Illinois, Western District of Pennsylvania, Eastern District of Louisiana, 
Western District of Michigan and the District of Columbia, acting upon reports 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of the following lots of fish: 791 boxes at 
Augusta, Ga., 61 boxes at Boston, Mass., 1,058 boxes at Fort Wayne, Ind., 168 
boxes at Indianapolis, Ind., 40 cartons at Chicago, Ill., 17 boxes at Pittsburgh, 
Pa., 15 boxes at New Orleans, La., 69 boxes and 48 cartons at Grand Rapids, 
Mich., and 100 boxes at Washington, D. C. The libels alleged that the articles 
had been shipped within the period from on or about September 9, 1938, to on 
or about May 12, 1939, from Boston, Mass., Vinalhaven, Maine, and Manchester, 
N. Y., under the following names—Forty Fathom Fisheries, Forty Fathom 
Fisheries, Division of Bay State Fishing Co., Forty Fathoms, Fathom Fish, Inc., 
Forty Fathom Fish, Inc., and Forty Fathom Fish Co.; and charged adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Certain lots were labeled variously in 
part: "Forty Fathom Brand Fillets   *   *   *   Ocean Perch Cello," "Freshly
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Child Fines * * * Forty Fathom Fish," "Cape Anne Ocean Perch," 
"Whiting Violets Skins On * * * Seafresh * * * Packed by General 
Seafoods Corporation," "St. Dr. Whiting * * * Cold Seal Pellets," "Blue 
Ribbon Fancy Skinless Violets General Seafoods Corporation," "Butterfly Whit- 
ing Violets   *    *    *   Packed By Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co. Ltd."
The libels alleged that the articles were adulterated in that portions consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy animal substances; others consisted in whole or 
In part of decomposed animal substances; one lot consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance; and one lot consisted in 
whole or in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
Between the dates of April 12, 1939, and July 5, 1939, the Forty Fathom 
Fisheries, claimant for the lot seized at Augusta, Ga., having withdrawn its 
claim and no claimant having appeared in the remaining cases, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed, with the 
exception of the lot seized at Chicago, Ill., which was ordered converted into 
fertilizer.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.