30911. Adulteration of frozen fish.    IT. S. v. 400 Boxes of Ocean Perch.    Consent 
;¦¦. decree   of  condemnation.     Product  ordered  converted into   fertilizer.
(F. & D. No. 45140.    Sample No. 54670-D.)
This product was infested with parasitic worms.
On April 11, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 400 boxes of ocean 
perch at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 21, 1939, by the Cape Ann Cold Storage Co. from 
Gloucester, Mass.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act    The article was labeled in part: "Cape Ann Ocean Perch."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy animal substance.
On May 31, 1939, the consignee having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered disposed 
of for fertilizer.
GROVER B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.