18995. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 704 Cases of Canned Sal- 
mon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond.     (F. & D. No. 27018.    I. S. No. 22364.    S. No. 5241.)
Samples of canned salmon from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be tainted or stale, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Western District of Washington.
On October 1, 1931, 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 704 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Continental Can Co., from Ketchikan, Alaska, on or about August 4, 1931, and 
had been transported from Alaska into the State of Washington, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 7, 1931, the Continental Can Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, hav- 
ing 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 delivered to said claimant upon pay- 
ment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $750, conditioned in 
part that it be sorted under the supervision of this department in order to 
separate the good portion from the decomposed portion, and further con- 
ditioned that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the 
provisions of the Federal food and drugs act, or the laws of any State, Terri- 
tory, district, or insular possession. The decree further ordered that upon com- 
pliance with the conditions of the bond, the unadulterated portion be released 
and the remainder destroyed.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.