12671. Adulteration of canned salmon. IT. S. v. 1,301 Cases of Canned 
Sainton. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond to be salvaged. (F. & D. No. 18901. I. S. 
No. 7751-v.     S. No. W-1544.)
On August 7, 1924, 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 1,301 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Pioneer Sea Food Co., from Cordova, Alaska, June 30, 
1924, and transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washing- 
ton, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
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 August 26, 1924, Pioneer Sea Foods, Inc., 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 $1,500, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the bad portion be sepa- 
rated from the good portion and the bad portion destroyed.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Secretary of Agriculture.