25601. Adulteration of canned salmon. IT. S. v. 2,725 Cases of Canned Salmon, 
and other actions. Consent decree of condemnation. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. nos. 36642, 36647, 36679, 36701, 36718. 
Sample nos. 53670-B, 53674-B, 53691-B, 53692-B, 54477-B, 54478-B, 54479-B, 
54492-B, 54563-B, 54564-B.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of canned salmon which was in part 
decomposed.
On November IS, November 20, November 26, December 4, and December 6, 
1935, the United States attorney for the Western District of Washington, acting 
upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 6,884 cases of canned salmon at Seattle, 
Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in 
various shipments on or about August 6, August 14, and September 17, 1935, by 
the Peril Straits Packing Co., from Todd, Alaska, and charging aldulteratlon in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 27, 1935, the Peril Straits Packing Co., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a. decree, 
and the cases having been consolidated, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and it was ordered that the product be released under bond, conditioned that
it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the 
Federal Food and Drugs Act.
W. R. GREXJG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.