26689. Cod fillets and hake fillets (fish).    (F.D.C. No. 41720.    S. Nos. 76-101 M,
76-693 M.) 
INFORMATION FILED:    12-16-58, Dist. Mass., against Warren Fitch Co., Inc., 
Boston, Mass., and Louis Kurhan, president.
SHIPPED : 7-11-57 and 11-14-57, from Massachusetts to Florida.
CHARGE: 402(a)(2)—when shipped, the articles bore and contained added 
poisonous and deleterious substances, oxytetracycline in the cod fillets and 
ehlortetracycline in the hake fillets, which substances were unsafe within the 
meaning of 406; 403(e)—the cod fillets failed to bear a label containing (1) 
the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor 
and (2) an accurate statement of the quantity of contents; 403(i) (1)—the 
label of the cod fillets failed to bear the common or usual name of the food; 
403 (i) (2)—the articles were fabricated from two or more ingredients and 
the labels of each article failed to hear the common or usual name of each 
ingredient; and 403(k)—the cod fillets contained a chemical preservative, 
oxytetracycline, and the hake fillets contained a chemical preservative, ehlor- 
tetracycline, and such articles failed to bear labeling stating those facts.
DISPOSITION: The defendants filed a motion for a bill of particulars which 
was granted in part. Thereafter, the defendants entered pleas of nolo con- 
tendere and on 5-2-60, the court fined the corporation $200 and the individual
$50.