26072. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U. S. v. 600 Cases of Salmon.     Consent
decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for segregation 
and destruction of decomposed portion. (F. & D. no. 37657. Sample no. 
53800-B.)
This case involved a shipment of salmon that was in part decomposed.
On or about April 28, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of 
Oregon, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 6G0 cases of canned 
salmon at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about November 20, 1935, by the Washington Fish & 
Oyster Co., from Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, "Bay Beauty Brand 
Select Alaska Pink Salmon * * * Packed by Washington Fish & Oyster 
Company, Seattle."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On June 4, 1936, the Washington Fish & Oyster Co., Inc., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the 
product be released under bond conditioned that it be sorted under supervision 
of this Department and that the unfit portion be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.