The meat canned from the fish Sarda chilensis , commonly known as the 

 bonito or bonita may not be labeled as tima since it is not a true tuna 

 but must be labeled as bonito or bonita o The meat of Seriola dorsalis., 

 commonly known as 'yellowtsil' must be labeled as yeilowtail and m.ay not 

 be designated as timaJ' 



The "little tuna" ( Euthynnus alletteratus )was not included in the 

 Food and Drug Administration requirements which were published in 19ii7« 

 However, the Food and Drug Administration in a letter dated August 26, 

 19u3, and addressed to the Fish and Wildlife Service, declared: ''o^oooo» 

 at the present time we ire not talcing exception to the designation of 

 'light meat tuna' when applied to the usual oil pack prepared from 

 Euthynnus alletteratus o" 



Inspection of tuna by the Food and Drug Administration also covers 

 the raw fish as received at the cannery and such inspection has been made 

 especially in the case of foreign imports of tuna. Particularly in Cali- 

 fornia with its excellent and complete inspection for spoilage in raW;> 

 cooked, and canned tuna the Federal authorities have left such inspection 

 quite largely in the hands of the state. Since states do not make aay 

 inspection of imported tuna , the i''ood and Dru^j Administra-:-J.on has been 

 active in carrying out such inspection o Imported fish is examined for the 

 presence of off -odors and condemned when foimd to be spoiled on this basis. 

 The frozen fish are drilled with an electric drill.. Heat from t.he drill- 

 ing causes any off -odors to be siofficiently volatilized so that they can 

 be detected by a trained inspector. 



Immediately after the war when fi .jen tuna was first iriipcrted from 

 Japan spoilage was -"n-tually nil and no fish hro •. .■ be condemned^ In- 

 creasing carelessness on the part of the e:q)or^ei-s later resulted in con- 

 siderable spoiled tuna being exported and a number of large batches of 

 fish were condemned. More recently a considerable improvement has bsen 

 noted and once more occurrence of spoilage in imported frozen Japanese 

 tuna is rare. 



The Federal Trade Commission is also concerned with the sale and dis~ 

 tribution of tuna and tuna products. However o since the provisions of the 

 Trade Practice Rules for the Tuna Industry promulgated by the Federaa 

 Trade Commission are very similar to the requirements of the Food and Dmg 

 Administration, the detailed provisioas will not be listedo 



