19930. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.    U.   S.   v.   Kadiak   Fisheries   Co.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, 950 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 27548.    I. S. Nos. 
22331, 22332, 22335.)
This action involved the interstate shipments of quantities of canned salmon, 
samples of which were found to be tainted or stale.
On May 4, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information 
against the Kadiak Fisheries Co., a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in part on or 
about July 24, 1931, and in part on or about August 15, 1931, from Kodiak, in 
the Territory of Alaska, into the State of Washington, of quantities of canned 
salmon that was adulterated. A portion of the cans were unlabeled; a portion 
were labeled in part, " Criterion Brand Pink Alaska Salmon Packed by Kadiak 
Fisheries Co.," and a portion were labeled in part, " Uncle Sam Brand Pink 
Alaska Salmon."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in whole and in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal 
substance.
On June 16, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
HENSY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.