15722. Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.     TJ.   S.   v.   1740   Cases   of   Salmon.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 21285. I. S. Nos. 10534-x, 10535-x. 
S. No. W-2014.)
On October 11, 19&G, the United States attorneyfor the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in tlie 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 1740 cases of salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by Libby, 
McNeill <k Libby, from Nushagak, Alaska, August 7, 1926, and transported from 
the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Can) "Libby's Fancy Red Alaska Salmon Packed in Alaska * * * Packed 
by Libby, McNeill and Libby, Chicago."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On February 9, 1928. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted 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 released to the said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and' the execution of a bond in the sum 
?of $500. conditioned in part that the adulterated portion be separated from the 
remainder and destroyed.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.