30109. Adulteration of ocean perch fillets.    U. S. v. 227 Boxes of Ocean Perch 
Fillets.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.
No. 44089.   Sample No. 21292-D.)
This product was infested with parasitic worms.
On October 13, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
-district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 227 boxes of ocean 
iperch fillets at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
'interstate commerce on or about June 28, 1938, by Forty Fathom Fisheries, Inc., 
from Boston, Mass.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
:Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Ocean Perch Freshly Chilled 
40 Fathom Brand Fish   Boston, Mass."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
; filthy animal substance.
On November 14, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.