28132. Adulteration of canned tuna fish.    U. S. v. 360 Cases of Canned Tuna
Fish.     Default  decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
39720.    Sample No. 33776-C.)
This article was canned tuna fish a part of which was decomposed.
On or about June 14,1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 360 cases of 
canned tuna fish at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about May 10, 1937, by the Van Camp Sea Food 
Co. (from San Diego, Calif.), and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Van Camps Chicken 
of the Sea Select Tuna."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 18,1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and destruction of the article was ordered.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.