9677. Adulteration of  canned   salmon.     U.   S.     *      *      *     v.  Blaine   Cannery
Co., a Corporation.     Plea  of guilty.     Fine, $50.     (F.  &  D.  No.   1454 5. 
I.  S. No. 16138-r.)
On May 17, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of Wash 
ington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Blaine Cannery Co., a corporation, Blaine, Wash., alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 27, 1918, 
from the State of Washington into the State of Georgia, of a quantity of canned 
salmon which was adulterated. The article was labeled in part, " * * * 
Ibex Brand Chum  Salmon    *    *    *."
Examination of 48 cans of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that 12 cans had a tainted odor, were in a state of active fer- 
mentation when opened, and were decomposed. The contents of 25 of the 
remaining 36 cans had a tainted odor and were decomposed.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason' 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed animal subs- 
tance.
On June 10, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.