14991.?Adulteration of canned salmon.    U.*S. v. 3,969 Cases  of Salmon, et
al. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeitnre. Product?
released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 21518, 21519, 21520. I. S. Nos.?
12639-x, 12640-x, 12641-x.    S. Nos. W-2081, W-2082, W-2083.)
On or about January 10, 1927, the United States attorneys for the Northern?
District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying?
seizure and condemnation of 12,187 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages in part at Alameda, Calif., and in part at San?
Francisco, Calif., consigned by the Alaska Packers Assoc, Nushagak, Alaska,?
alleging that the article had been shipped from Nushagak, Alaska, in inter??
state commerce into the State of California, arriving in part August 27, 1926,?
and in part August 31, 1926, and charging adulteration in violation of the?
food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated, in that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On January 25, 1927, the Buttnick Mfg. Co., claimant, having admitted the?
allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be released to said claimant upon payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the execution of bonds totaling $74,000, the terms?
of said bonds requiring that the product be reconditioned under the super??
vision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.