319. Adulteration of salt herring fillets.     U. S. v. 72 Barrels and 10 Barrels of
Iceland Herring in Fillets. Default decree of condemnation and de- 
struction.     (F. D. C. Nos. 1015, 1016.    Sample Nos. 46622-D, 46625-D.)
On November 17, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Wisconsin filed a libel against 82 barrels of herring fillets at Milwaukee, 
Wis., alleging that 72 barrels of the article had been shipped by Northern Fish 
Products Co. from Minneapolis, Minn., that 10 barrels had been shipped by B. 
A. Griffin Co., Inc., from Duluth, Minn., that both lots had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 31, 1939; and charging that the article 
was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance. It was labeled in part: "Iceland Herring in Fillets * * * Product 
of Iceland."
On December 11, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.