12459. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 800 Cases of Salmon.     De¬
cree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
18075.    I. S. No. 19312-v.
'    S. No. C-4195.)
On November 20, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 800 cases of salmon at Memphis, Tenn., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Sanitary Fish Co., from Anacortes, 
Wash., on or about September 5, 1923, and transported from the State of 
Washington into the State of Tennessee, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Double 
" Q"   *   *   *   Select Pink Salmon."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal 
substance.
On June 30, 1924, P. E. Harris & Co. having appeared as claimant; for 
the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal and that the costs be assessed against the said claimant and surety.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.