2709. Adulteration of frozen fish.    V. S. v. 128 Boxes of Frozen Wfcitingf (and 3
other seizure actions against frozen fish). Decrees ordering: that por- 
tions of the products be released under bond for salvaging of the good 
portion: remainder ordered destroyed. JF. D. C. Nos. 5614, 5786, 5977, 
6026.   Sample Nos. 58356-E, 58891-E, 62290-E, 64329-E, 64338-E.)
Between August 20 and October 14, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Western District of Wisconsin, Western District of Pennsylvania, and the 
Northern District of Illinois filed libels against the following quantities of frozen 
fish: 320 15-pound boxes of whiting at Madison, Wis., 80 15-pound boxes of 
haddock at Pittsburgh, Pa., and 466 15-pound boxes of pollack at Chicago, Ill., 
alleging that the articles had been shipped within the period from on or about 
July 21 to on or about September 30, 1941, by F. J. Clara & Sons, Inc., from 
Boston, Mass., and Portland, Maine; and charging that they were adulterated 
in that they consisted wholly or in part of decomposed substances. The articles 
were labeled in part: "H and G Maine Whiting," "Sm. Hadd Fillets,'? or "Pollock 
Fillets Packed by Portland Fish Co. Portland Me."
On September 26 and November 14, 1941, F. J. Sahara & Sons, Inc., and the 
Portland Fish Co., claimants respectively for the lots seized at Pittsburgh and 
Chicago, having admitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the products were ordered released under bond for salvaging 
the good portion under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. On 
October 7 and November 11, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the fish seized 
at Madison, judgment of forfeiture was entered and the product was ordered 
destroyed.