3146.?Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.   U.    S.   v.   1200   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 5284.    S. No. 1873.)
- On July 26, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of?
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 1,200 cases of canned salmon, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages and in the possession of the V. B. Atkins Grocery and Com??
mission Co., Selma, Ala., alleging that the product had been shipped on July?
16, 1912, by Philip J. Bradley, Seattle, Wash., and transported from the State of?
Washington into the State of Alabama, and charging adulteration in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act. A part of the product was labeled: "Tatoosh?
Brand, (design of salmon) Caught in salt water, Salmon?Tatoosh Brand??
Directions?On'no account keep salmon in tin after opening?this fish is cooked?
ready for use; if desired hot place can in boiling water 20 minutes before using.?
Salmon?empty contents soon as opened." The remainder of the product was?
labeled: "Tatoosh Brand. (Then follows picture of light-house) Tatoosh?
Island Light-House; Cape Flattery, Washington?Salmon * * * Empty?
contents of can as soon as opened. Directions. On no account keep salmon?
in tin after opening. This fish is cooked ready for use. If desired hot place?
can in boiling water 20 minutes before using?Tatoosh Brand Salmon?caught?
in salt water."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
was so badly decomposed as to be unfit for human consumption as food.
Supplement.]    SEEVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	355
On July 30, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 6, 1914.