4605. Adulteration of frozen fish fillets.    U. S. v. T. & J. Busalacchi, Inc.    Plea
of guilty. Fine, $75. (F. D. C. No. 7717. Sample Nos. 62466-E, 64887-E, 
80801-E, 86548-E.)
This product contained parasites, i. e., Copepods.
On November 10, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts filed an information against T. & J. Busalacchi, Inc., a corporation, at 
Boston, Mass., alleging shipment on or about April 2 and May 18, 1942, from 
the State of Massachusetts into the States of Pennsylvania and Illinois of a
quantity of frozen fish that was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance. The information alleged further that on or about 
March 12, 1941, the defendant gave to the Slade Gorton Co. a guaranty that 
all food products delivered by the defendent to said company would be neither 
adulterated nor misbranded within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act; that on or about April 2, 1942, the defendant sold and 
delivered quantities of fish fillets to Slade Gorton Co. which were, on or about 
April 7, 1942, shipped by the purchaser in interstate commerce from the State 
of Illinois into the State of Michigan. The information /charged further that 
the defendant, in violation of said
, act, gave a guaranty which was false since 
the fish so sold and delivered was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy substance. The article was labeled in part: "Fish Fillets 
Deep Sea Brand." '   >¦
On December 22, 1942, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $75.