12582. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U. S. v. 3,264 Cases of Canned Sal 
mon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 17322. I. S. No. 8321-v. S. No. 
W-1289.)
On March 5, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, 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 3,264 cases of canned salmon remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the North Pacific Trading & Packing Co. from Klawack, Alaska, September 
16, 1920, and transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of 
Washington, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Klawack Brand Fresh Alaska 
Pink Salmon * * * Packed at Klawack, Alaska, U. S. A. by the North 
Pacific Trading and Packing Company San Francisco Calif."
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.
On April 21, 1924, the North Pacific Trading & Packing Co., San Franciso, 
Calif., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of 
a bond in the sum of $5,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, condi- 
tioned in part that the good portion be separated from the bad portion under 
the supervision of this department and the bad portion destroyed.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.