United States v. Brown & Co.

The merchandise herein the subject of decision consists of fish maw or fish sounds. The Board of General Appraisers found from the evidence in the case that they were taken from the fish, cut in half, washed, and dried in the sun, and were to be used for food by the Chinese population in this country; that after importation and in preparation for their use as food they were cut into small pieces or strips, scraped and boiled, and, in the form of soup, as a part thereof, eaten as such. The testimony shows that the cutting or splitting in the first instance, which is done abroad, is for the…