13275. Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.    U.   S.   v.   Sea   Coast   Packing  Co.
Plea   of   guilty.    Fine,   $75.     (F.   &   D.   No.   19257.     I.   S.   Nos.   7182-v, 
7381-v.)
On January 23, 1925, 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 an information against the 
Sea Coast Packing Co., a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging that on or about 
September 10 and October 10, 1923, certain quantities of canned salmon had 
been shipped from the State of Washington into the States of Mississippi and 
Tennessee, respectively, which had theretofore been guaranteed to the shipper 
thereof by the defendant company, under a certain sales contract, as meeting 
the requirements of the food and drugs act, and which was adulterated in 
violation of said act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Higrade Brand 
Pink Alaska Salmon Packed In Alaska by Sea Coast Packing Co. Seattle,' 
Wash."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 192 cans 
from the consignment of October 10, 1923, showed that 120 cans, or 62.5 per 
cent of those examined, contained decomposed fish. Examination by said 
bureau of 96 cans from the remaining consignment showed that 25 cans, or 
26 per cent of those examined, contained decomposed fish.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal 
substance.
On April 6, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of 
the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $75.
B. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.