22217. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     TJ.   S.   v.   Copper   River   Packing
Co. Flea of guilty. Fine, $240 and costs. (F. & D. no. 31350. Sample 
nos. 2194-A, 9296-A, 13317-A, 13325-A, 14646-A, 16151-A, 16160-A, 
^2542-A, 22550-A, 28085-A.)
On March 19, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Copper River Packing Co., Seattle, 
Wash., alleging that the defendant company had shipped, between the dates 
of August 22, 1932, and October 4, 1932, from the State of Washington into 
the States of Utah, Maine, Texas, California, Kansas, Virginia, and Colorado, 
through an agent, quantities of canned salmon which was adulterated in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Happy 
Vale Brand Pink Salmon   *    *    *   Packed for Emery Food Co., Chicago."
The information charged adulteration in that certain lots consisted in part 
of a decomposed animal substance, and that the remaining lots consisted in part 
of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On April 16, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $240 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.