2882. Adulteration of frozen codfish and frozen perch.     IT. S. v. 496 Boxes of Cod
Fillets and 19 Boxes of Perch Fillets. Default decrees of condemnation 
and   destruction;   codfish   subsequently   ordered   released  under   bond.
(F. D. C. Nos. 5432, 5584.    Sample Nos. 44O00-E, 66033-E;)
Examination of samples of these products showed that the codfish was in 
part decomposed and that the perch was infested with parasites.
On August 22 and 30, 1941, the United States attorneys for the District of 
Nebraska and the Northern District of Illinois filed libels against 496 15-pound 
boxes of cod fillets at Omaha, Nebr., and 19 10-pound boxes of perch at Chicago, 
111., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about August 5 and 12, 1941, by Slade Gorton Co. from Gloucester and Boston, 
Mass.; and charging that they were adulterated in that the 'perch consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance, and in that the codfish consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed substance. The articles were labeled in part: "Cod 
Frosted Tastycuts Fillets"; or "T. & J. Busalacchi, Inc. * * * Red Perch 
Fillets."
On October 28 and 30, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed. On Decem- 
ber 15, 1941, the Eastern Seafood Co., Boston, Mass., having subsequently ap- 
peared as claimant for the codfish, the court ordered it delivered to the claimant 
under bond conditioned that it be brought into compliance with the law under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.