12894. Adulteration   of  canned   salmon.    V.   S.   v.   1,833   Cases   of   Salmon.
Consent deeree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased to be used as flsh food. (P. & D. No. 17881. I. S. No. 8401-v, 
S.   No.  W-1431.)
On October 27, 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 1,823 cases of salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Hidden Inlet Canning Co,, from Hood Bay, Alaska, October 10, 1923, and trans- 
ported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part:  (Can) " My-T-Fine Brand Choice Pink Salmon."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance
On November 15,1924, the Hidden Inlet Canning Co., Inc., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having 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 delivered to the Oregon State Fish Commission to 
be used for fish food and that the claimant pay the costs of the proceedings
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture