25714. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     V.   S.  v.   Lowe  Trading   Co.     Plea  of
guilty. Fine, SIO and costs. (F. & D. no. 36938. Sample nos. 40533-B, 
40540-B. 40543-B to 40547-B, incl., 40553-B, 40555-B to 40560-B, incl., 
40563-B, 40564-B, 40565-B, 40570-B, 40906-B.)
This ease involved a shipment of canned red salmon that consisted in part of 
decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On March 17, 1936, 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 Lowe Trading Co., a corporation, 
trading at Seattle, Wash., alleging that on or about August 17, 1935, the defend- 
ant had shipped to itself from Seward, Alaska, into the State of Washington a 
number of unlabeled cans of red salmon, and that the article was adulterated 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of 
decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On April 27, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.