15771. Adulteration of frozen whitefish.   U. S. v. 50 Boxes   *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 22779.    Sample No. 17079-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    April 2,1947, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 14, 1947, by J. Kozloff, from Detroit, 
Mich.
PRODUCT:    50   100-pound boxes of frozen whitefish at Chicago, Ill.
LABEL IN PART :    "Jumbo   Product of Canada   Whitefish."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of parasitic 
worms.
DISPOSITION : The J. Kozloff Fish Distributors appeared as claimant and filed 
an answer to the libel. Subsequently, interrogatories were filed by the claim- 
ant and were answered by the Government.
On September 22, 1948, the claimant having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that 
the product be released under bond for salvage of the fit portion, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. Segregation operations 
resulted in the salvage of 2,040 pounds of the product.