3714. Adulteration of frozen fish.     V. S. v. 1,914 Boxes, 350 Pans, and 1,601 Boxes
of Frozen  Whiting.-    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.
(P. D. C. Nos. 5852, 5972.    Sample Nos. 62100-E, 62770-E.)
On September 27 and October 7,1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Wisconsin filed libels against 3,515 boxes each containing 15 pounds of 
H & G whiting, and 250 pans of frozen whiting in slabs of about 25 pounds each, 
at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about August 29 and September 4, 1941, by Commonwealth Ice 
& Cold Storage Co. from Boston, Mass., the 1,914 boxes and 250 pans having been 
invoiced by Joseph A. Rich Co.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed substance. 
On November 10 and 24, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.