20493. Adulteration of canned salmon.     17.  S. v. 250 Cases of Canned Sal¬
mon.    Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product 
released under bond.     (F. & D. no. 29092.    Sample no. 15065-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned salmon, 
samples of which were found to be in part decomposed.
On October 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 250 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the 
original packages at Walla Walla, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about August 31,1932, by the Superior Packing Co., from Tenakee, 
Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., that it had been reshipped from Seattle to Walla 
Walla, Wash., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Blue and White Brand Pink 
Salmon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 20, 1932, the Superior Packing Co., Tenakee, Alaska, having 
appeared as claimant 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 released to the said claimant to be reconditioned so as to 
comply with the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.