10197.?Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   153   Cases   of
Canned Salmon. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 12894.    I. S. No. 6548-r.    S. No. C-2059.)
On July 27, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for the said district a libel for the seizure?
and condemnation of 153 cases of canned salmon, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by  the  Southern Alaska  Canning Co., Tacoma,  Wash.,  on  or
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about February 21, 1920, and transported from the State of Washington into?
the State of Louisiana, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, "Alaska Pink Salmon.?
Packed by Southern Alaska Canning Co., Seattle, U. S. A."
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.
On December 7, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.