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which was probably due to the fish having stood too long before being 

 placed in the pickling brine. The report further advised that the use 

 of the fish as food be prohibited. 



The report of the United States Department completely confirming 

 the results obtained by this Department, and it being impracticable to 

 test each barrel, so as to separate any good that might be in the bad fish, 

 the whole pack of fish — several hundred barrels — was condemned and 

 the sale of same as food prohibited. 



The matter was at once taken up with the packers of the fish, the 

 Morehead City Sea Food Company, of Morehead City. Mr. C. S. Wal- 

 lace, the president of the company, came to Raleigh and went, in detail, 

 into the matter of packing the fish, and he stated most positively that 

 the fish were not held an undue length of time before being placed in 

 the brine and that same were packed under as clean, sanitary conditions 

 as he had ever packed fish. He further states that the fish in question 

 were packed in a new, clean fish house with concrete floor and plenty of 

 clean, fresh water, while some of the same catch of fish, and from which 

 no trouble has arisen, were packed under similar conditions, except they 

 were packed in an old fish house which was not in as good condition as 

 the new one referred to. 



Unless some of the fish were caught at an earlier time and held by 

 the fishermen and mixed at the bottom with a later catch, with |;he in- 

 formation in hand it is impossible to say why the fish packed at the old 

 place were good and the fish packed at the new place were bad. As the 





Material. 



CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM RESULTS 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler. 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis. 



14210 



Salt Fish, Mullets. 



14211 ....do. 

 14209-.. .do. 

 14215. ...do- 



14208. 

 14216. 



14223 . 



.do. 

 .do- 



.do- 



14236.. -do. 

 14224.... do. 

 14237.— do. 



Morehead City Sea Food Co., More- 

 head City, N. C. 



....do 



....do. 



-...do. 



C. B. GUI Co., Raleigh. 



.do. 

 .do. 



Dr. J. E. Griffin, Edenton. 



.do. 

 -do- 



-do- 



T. L. Hunnicutt, Wakefield 



George R. Parker, Raleigh, 



R. F. D. 

 Robertson & Keith, Knightdale- 



Hardy Hill, Kinston 



G. T. Jones, Dunn 



E. G. Griffin, Woodland 



