30851. Adulteration of frozen fish.    U. S. v. 400 Boxes of Frozen Flsli.    Consent
decree   of  condemnation.     Product  ordered  converted  into   fertilizer.
(F. k D. Nos. 45110, 45Ill.   Sample Nos. 54655-D, 54663-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 March 31, 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 400 boxes of frozen fish at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 16, 
1939, by the Atlantic Fish & Oyster Co. from Boston, Mass.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "H. & G. Whiting Fillets."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On April 21, 1939, the consignee having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
disposed of for fertilizer.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.