9404. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned salmon. U. S. * * * v. 
1,540 Cases of Canned Salmon * * *. Consent decree of condem- 
nation   and   forfeiture.     Product   released   on   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.
14431.    I. S. No.  10545-t.    S. No. W-867.)
On or about February 8, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western 
District 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 1,540 cases of canned salmon, labeled in part, " Pal 
Brand," remaining in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging 
that the article had been shipped from Drier Bay, Alaska, by the Central Alaska 
Fisheries, Inc., Berkeley, Calif., and transported from the Territory of Alaska 
into the State of Washington, the shipment having arrived on or about August 
22, 1920, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
"Superior Firm Flake Pink Alaska Salmon * * * Packed for the Best 
Trade," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On or about March 11, 1921, the said Central Alaska Fisheries, Inc., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, 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, said bond to be conditioned in part that the claimant dispose of the 
product as animal food under the direction of or to the satisfaction of, and 
with the approval of, this department.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.