'10377. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned salmon. U. S. * * * 
v. 900 Cases of Canned Salmon * * *. Tried to tbe court. De- 
cree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.  &  D.  No.
15861.    I. S. No. 11991-t.    S. No. C-3382.)
On December 22, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Mississippi, 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 900 cases of canned salmon, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Tupelo, Miss., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Lowman Co., Anacortes, Wash., on or about October 12, 1921, 
and transported from the State of Washington into the State of Mississippi, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: " Sunny South Brand Pink * * * 
Contents 1 Lb. Fresh Salmon    Cooked in Can After Sealing."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
It was further alleged in substance that the cans containing the article were 
misbranded in that the labeling thereof was false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchaser, since the product contained therein was partly 
decomposed.
On April 4, 1922, the Reeves Grocery Co., Tupelo, Miss., having entered an 
appearance as claimant for the property, and the case having come on for 
trial before the court, after the submission of evidence and arguments by 
counsel a decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.