20969. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.    TJ.   S.   v.   1,601   Cases,   et   al.,   of
Canned Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond for separation and destruction of 
unfit portion.     (F. & D. no. 28962.    Sample no. 26084-A.)
This case involved a shipment of canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On October 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 a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
1,793 cases of canned salmon at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about August 5, 1932, by the Alaska Salmon Co., from Unalaska, 
Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., 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 October 20, 1932, the Alaska Salmon Co., claimant, having 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 released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the exe- 
cution of a bond in the sum of $1,500, conditioned that all cans containing de- 
composed salmon be destroyed.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.