19372. Adulteration of frozen cod fillets.   U. S. v. 1,937 Cases * * *.   (F. D. C.
No. 33293.   Sample No. 49199-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 13,1952, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about March 15, 1952, by the Wylax Canning Co.,
from Woudrichem, Holland. 
PRODUCT:    1,937   25-pound cases of frozen cod fillets at New York, N. Y. 
LABEL IN PART ;   "Wylax Brand   Single Frozen Cod-Fillets." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the product consisted
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of
decomposed fish.
DISPOSITION: September 18, 1952. Stamm-Schulman & Co., New York, N. Y., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond, 
for the segregation of the fit from the unfit portion, under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency.
1,969 cases of the product actually were seized. Salvaging operations in- 
volving 430 cases resulted in the segregation of 5,340 pounds of the product 
as fit for human consumption and in the destruction of 2,759 pounds. No 
further salvaging operations were attempted on the remaining 1,539 cases, and 
this portion of the product was destroyed.