21440. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 3,105 Cases, et al., of 
Canned Salmon. Portion of product ordered released under bond 
for separation and destruction, of decomposed part. Decree of 
condemnation and forfeiture entered with respect to remainder, 
with provision for release under bond. (F. & D. nos. 28992, 28999. 
Sample nos. 25233-A, 25235-A to 25238-A, inch, 25240-A, to 25242-A, 
incl.)
These cases involved several lots of salmon which was found to be in part 
decomposed.
On October 3 and October 4,1932, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 6,575 
oases of canned salmon at San Francisco, Calif. On November 16, 1933, an 
amended libel was filed in place of the original libel of October 4, 1933. It was 
alleged in the libels that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
by the Red Salmon Canning Co., from Bristol Bay, Alaska; that a part of 
the product had been shipped on a date uncertain, arriving at San Francisco 
on or about August 8, 1932; that the remainder had been shipped from Bristol 
Bay, on or about August 8, 1932; and that the article was adulterated in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Lucille Brand [or "Jack Frost Brand" or "Rising Light Brand"] Red 
Alaska Sockeye Salmon Packed by Red Salmon Canning Co., at Bristol Bay, 
*    *    *   Alaska."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
The Red Salmon Canning Co., Bristol Bay, Alaska, appeared as claimant 
in both cases. On August 1, 1933, the 4,731 cases of the product covered by 
the libel filed October 3, 1932, were ordered released to the claimant, upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $52,041, conditioned 
that each can be opened, with the exception of so much of the goods as a 
representative of this Department might authorize released without opening 
and examination, and that all decomposed salmon be destroyed and that the 
sound and wholesome portion be re-canned. On October 31, 1933, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered in the remaining case, and the 
court ordered that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of 
costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $15,650, conditioned that it 
would not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the 
Federal Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.