17517. Adulteration of   canned  tuna.     V.   S.   v.   75   Cases   of   Canned   Tuna.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 24439.     I. S. No. 024985.     S. No. 2702.)
Samples of tuna fish from the herein-described interstate shipment having 
been found to contain decomposed fish, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota.
On January 17,1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 75 cases of canned tuna, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Coast Fishing Co., from Los Angeles, Calif., on or about November 29, 
1929, and transported from the State of California into the State of Minnesota, 
?and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Coast Brand California Tuna * * * Packed 
by Coast Fishing Co., Inc., Los Angeles, Cal."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On April 25, 1930, the Coast Fishing Co., Wilmington, Calif., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the 
said claimant to be reconditioned under the supervision of this department, 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.