30852. Adulteration of frozen fish.     XT.  S. v. 94 Boxes and 94 Boxes of Ocean
Perch.     Default  decrees   of  condemnation  and  destruction.      (F.  &   D.
Nos. 45223, 45454.   Sample Nos. 58798-D. 65252-D.)
This product contained parasitic worms.
On April 24 and June 6, 1939, the United States attorneys for the South- 
ern District of Indiana and the Southern District of Ohio, acting upon reports 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 94 boxes of ocean perch fillets at Indian- 
apolis, Ind., and 94 boxes of ocean perch fillets at Dayton, Ohio; alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 4 and 
May 19, 1939, by O'Donnell-Usen Fisheries Corporation from Boston, Mass.; 
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 filthy animal substance.
On June 29 and July 13, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.