9810. Misbranding of canned salmon. V. S- * * * v. Tallant-Grant 
Packing Co., a Corporation.     Plea  of guilty.     Fine, $100.     (F. & D.
No. 11135.    I. S. No. 14285-r.)
On March 9, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of 
the United States for said district an information against the Tallant-Grant
Packing Co., a corporation, Astoria, Oreg., alleging shipment by said company, 
In violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 4, 1918, from 
the State of Oregon into the State of New York, of a quantity of canned salmon 
which was misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted of chinook salmon.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the label appearing on the cases containing the said article, to wit, " Columbia 
River Salmon," was false and misleading in that it represented to purchasers 
thereof that the said article was Columbia River salmon, whereas, in fact and 
in truth, it was California salmon; for the further reason that it was falsely 
branded as to the State wherein it was produced, as follows, " Packed at As- 
toria, Oregon," so as to represent to purchasers thereof that it was packed in 
Oregon, whereas, in fact and in truth, it was packed in California; and for the 
further reason that the said article was an imitation of, and was sold under 
the name of, another article, to wit, Columbia River salmon, whereas, in fact 
and in truth, it was California salmon.
On August 8, 1921, a plea of guilty to count 2 of the information charging 
misbranding was entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court 
imposed a fine of $100.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.