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UNITED STATES v. EWIG BROS. CO., INC.

Nos. 73-1008, 73-1454.

502 F.2d 715 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EWIG BROS. CO., INC., a corporation, and Eugene W. Ewig, an individual, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VITA FOOD PRODUCTS OF ILLINOIS, INC., a corporation, and Lawrence T. Schweig, an Individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian P. Schoone, Racine, Wis., for appellants Ewig Bros. Inc. et al.

Gregory B. Hovendon, Chief, Consumer Affairs Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., David J. Cannon, U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Charles J. Raubicheck, U. S. Dept. of H. E. W., Washington, D. C., for the United States in No. 73-1008.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Gary L. Starkman and Robert B. Schaefer, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., Gregory B. Hovendon, Chief, Consumer Affairs Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Charles J. Raubicheck, U. S. Dept. of H. E. W., Washington, D. C., for the United States in No. 73-1454.

Patrick W. O'Brien, Chicago, Ill., for Vita Food Products of Ill., Inc. et al.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

There are two ways to state the principal question presented by these appeals. Narrowly, the issue is whether residues of DDT and dieldrin in smoked chubs are "food additives" within the meaning of § 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.1 A somewhat more disturbing way to state the same question is whether all of the fish in the Great Lakes are "adulterated" as a matter of statutory definition...

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