580. Adulteration of canned mackerel.     U. S. v. 550 Cases of Canned Mackerel.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released to claimant under 
bond for segregation of the bad mackerel from the good.     (F. D. C. No.
1102.    Sample Nos. 58301-D, 82516-D.)
On December 1, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of South Carolina filed a libel against 550 cases of canned mackerel at 
Charleston, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 17, 1939, by Hamilton & Co. from Los Angeles, 
Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: "Calho 
Brand California Mackerel * * * Hamilton & Company, Los Angeles, 
California, Distributors."
On January 30, 1940, the P. B. Smith Co., Charleston, S. C, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the 
product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be segregated 
according to codes, and that those codes found to contain decomposed mackerel 
be destroyed.