14841. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 377 Cases of Canned Salmon.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 21301.    I. S. No. 10538-x.    S. No. W-2023.)
On October 13, 1926, 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 seizure 
and condemnation of 377 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Northwestern Fisheries Co., from Nushagak, Alaska, August 1, 1926, 
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) "Imperial Red Brand Red Sockeye Alaska Salmon 
Packed By Northwestern Fisheries Co., Seattle, U. S. A."
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 substance.
On or about January 26, 1927, no claimant having appeared 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.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.