18758. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 1,970 ?a*es of' Salmon. 
Decree of condemnation entered.    Product released under beted.
,   i   .     (F. & D. No. 25235.    I. S. Nos. 9085, 9086, 9Q87, 9088, 1083.    S. No. 3533.)
Samples of canned salmon from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
On October 28, 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 1,970 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by Mc- 
Govern & McGovern, from Seattle, Wash., on or about August 27,1930, and had 
been transported from the State of Washington into tne State of Virginia, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Cans) "Sea Flyer Brand * * * Salmon [or "Sea Lad 
Brand Pink Salmon "]    *    *    *    McGovern & McGovern, Seattle, TJ/ S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On July 31, 1931, McGovern & McGovern, Seattle, Wash., baving appeared 
as claimants for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be delivered to the said claimant upon paymeht of costs and the exes 
cution of a bond in the surp of $3,000, conditioned in part that it should not be 
sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the Federal food and drugs act and 
other existing laws. It was further ordered that the product be sorted under 
the supervision of this department, and that any portion found to be wholesome 
and suitable for human consumption be released.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.