6491. Adulteration and misbranding of frozen eel pout flllets.   U. S. v. 100 Car¬
tons of Frozen Eel Pout Fillets.    Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 11995.   Sample No. 65960-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 13,1944, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 20 and 23, 1944, by Frank Raymond,
Provincetown, Mass, and Frank Maria and Ralph Minucci, New London, Conn. 
PRODUCT:   100 cartons, each containing 20 pounds, of frozen eel pout fillets at
New York, N. Y. 
VIOLATIONS CHARGED:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the product consisted '¦
in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance by reason of the
presence of fish infested with parasites, and decomposed fish; and, Section 
402 (a)   (5), it was in whole or in part the product of diseased fish.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (1), the article was in package form and failed 
to bear a label containing the name and place of business of the packer or dis- 
tributor ; and Section 403 (i) (1), its label failed to bear the common or usual 
name of the food. 
DISPOSITION : March 29, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.