S713. Adulteration of canned salmon. TJ. S. * * * v. 132 Cases of?
Canned Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 12180, 12187, 12188, 12189. I. S. No. 547-r.?
S. No.  E-1970.)
On February 20, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of New York, 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 132 cases of canned salmon, remaining unsold in the origi??
nal unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about July 16, 1919, and transported from the State of Virginia?
into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Retail package) "Hall's?
Sealect Brand Pink Salmon 1 Lb.- Net Weight * * * G. Batcheller Hall?
Co., Distributors, Seattle, Wash.;" (shipping package) "4 Doz. 1 Lb. Hall's?
Pink Salmon Packed by Clark Graham Co., Cordova, Alaska, Distributed by G.?
Batcheller Hall Co., Seattle, Wash."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part c i a filthy, putrid, and decomposed animal substance.
On October 26, 1920, the G. Batcheller Hall Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant,?
having withdrawn its answer theretofore filed and having consented to a decree,
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judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
tlae court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal, and it?
was further ordered that the costs of the proceedings be recovered from said?
claimant.
E. D. BALX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.