8598.  Adulteration   of   canned   Sainton.     IT.   S.     *     *      *     V.   1,940   Cases   of?
Canned  Salmon.     Consent decree  of condemnation  and forfeiture.
Product released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 12817.     I. S. No. 3438-r.     S. No.?
W-611.)
On or about May 29, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western Dis??
trict of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the?
seizure and condemnation of 1,940 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the?
Original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the Alaska Fish Co., from Waterfall, Alaska, and transported from?
the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, arriving on or about?
September 27, 1919, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part on the case, "4 Doz. 1 Lb. Tall?
Seaketch Brand Pink Salmon Packed in Alaska by Alaska Fish Co.,, Seattle,?
Washington."?
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub??
stance.
On September 3, 1920, the Alaska Fish Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, having?
admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to a decree, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be delivered to said claimant upon payment of the costs of?
the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $7,500, in conformity?
with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the bad portion be separated?
from the good portion under the supervision of this department, the bad por??
tion to be destroyed and the good portion to be released to the claimant.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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