25204. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U.  S.  v. 49  Cases of  Canned  Salmon.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for 
segregation and destruction of decomposed portion. (F. & D. no. 36243. 
Sample no. 42860-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned salmon which was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On August 29, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of New Jer- 
sey, acting on a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 49 cases of canned salmon 
at Newark, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 18, 1935, by the Nakat Packing Corporation, from 
Seattle, Wash., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The cans of the article in 48 of the cases were labeled in part: "Sultana 
Red Salmon Net Wt. 7% Ozs. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company New 
York, N. Y. Distributors." The cans of the article in the remaining case were 
unlabeled.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On September 12, 1935, W. G. Scott, Cordova, Alaska, having appeared as 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, and having consented 
to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was 
ordered that the product be released under bond conditioned that the decom- 
posed portion be destroyed.
W. B. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.