United States v. 1851 Cartons Labeled In Part H. & G. Famous Booth Sea Foods Whiting Frosted Fish

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

In pursuance of Section 304(a) of the-Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, 52 Stat. 1040, 21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq., the United States instituted a libel of information in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, seeking condemnation of approximately 1851 cartons of frozen fish,, each containing 15 pounds, and allegedly consisting “wholly or in part of a decomposed substance”, which had been shipped in interstate commerce from the state of Massachusetts into the state of Colorado. The Booth Fisheries Corporation, as claimant,…