30843. Adulteration of frozen fish.     XT. S. v. Se-ven Cases of Whiting (and three
other seizure actions against the same product). Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. k D. Nos. 45174, 45176, 45177, 45178. 
Sample No. 30720-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 whole or in part decomposed.
On April 11, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 11% cases of Stk whiting as 
follows: 7 cases at Lubbock, 2 cases at Wellington, 1 case at Childress, and 
1% cases at Shamrock, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or
about April 3, 1939, by Mid-Central Fish Co. from Oklahoma City, Okla.; 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 decomposed animal substance.
On May 19 and August 14, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.