19347. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.   v.   787   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon.    Decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond.
(F. & D. No. 27598.   I. S. Nos. 37764, 37765, 37766.    S. No. 5640.)
Samples of salmon from the shipment herein described having been found to 
be partly decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
On December 31, 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 787 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken
packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
October 31,1931, by Libby, McNeill and Libby, from Seattle, Wash., and had been 
transported from the State of Washington into the State of Virginia, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Cases and cans) "Happy-Vale Brand Pink Salmon * * * 
Packed for Emery Food Co. Chicago."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 19, 1932. the Emery Food Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having prayed delivery of the product for 
the purpose of segregating the good portion from the bad portion, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
released to the said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $2,000, conditioned in part that it should not be sold or disposed 
of contrary to the provisions of the food and drugs act or the laws of any State, 
Territory, district, or insular possession. It was further ordered that the segre- 
gation of the product be made under the supervision of this department, and 
that the portion found wholesome and fit for human consumption be released.
ABTHtrE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.