26243. Adulteration of canned salmon.     IT. S. v. 693 Cartons of Canned Salmon.
Consent decree of condemnation.     Product released under bond.     (F. &
D. no. 37728.    Sample no. 68999-B.)
This case involved salmon that was in part decomposed.
On May 11, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 693 cartons, each 
containing 48 cans of salmon, at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 10, 1936, by the 
New England Fish Co., from Portland, Oreg., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was labeled in part: "Pillar Rock Brand Fancy Chinook Salmon 
* * * Packed and Guaranteed by New England Fish Company Seattle 
Washington Spring Pack."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On July 17, 1936, the New England Fish Co., 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 not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary 
to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.
HABBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.