6689. Adulteration of frozen eel pout fillets.    U. S. v. 35 Cartons of Frozen Eel
Pout Fillets.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C.
No. 12071.    Sample No. 76402-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    March 25, 1944, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about January 20, 1944, from Stonington, Conn.
PRODUCT: 35 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 substance by reason of the presence of parasitized 
fish; and, Section 402 (a) (5), it was in whole or in part the product of a diseased 
animal.
DISPOSITION: April 13, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and /the product was ordered destroyed.