2883. Adulteration of frozen fish.     IT. S. v. 131 Boxes and 334 Boxes of Haddock
Fillets. Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under 
bond for reconditioning:. (F. D. C. No. 5593. Sample Nos. 50860-E, 
50S62-E.)
On August 30, 1941, the United States attorney for the. District of Maryland 
filed a libel against 465 boxes of haddock fillets at Baltimore, Md., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 19, 
1941, by J. J. Scpggins & Co. from Chelsea, Mass.; charging that it was adulter- 
ated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The 
article was labeled in part: "Small Haddock Fillets ' * * * Packed by Collins- 
Lee Co. Chelsea, Mass."
On November 11, 1941, the Collins-Lee Co., Chelsea, Mass., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it should 
not be disposed of until made to conform to the requirements of the law under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. It was sorted and the 
unfit portion destroyed.