11615.?Adulteration of canned salmon.    TJ. S. v. 117 Cases, et al., of Salmon.
Consent   decrees   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   re??
leased  for reshlpment and  reexamination under  bond.      (F.  & D.
Nos. 17169, 17230, 17231.    1. S. Nos. 190-v, 254-v.    S. Nos. E-4269, B-4301.)
On January 16 and February 5, 1923, respectively, the United States attorney?
for the District of New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul??
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels pray??
ing the seizure and condemnation of 224 cases of salmon, in various lots at?
Hoboken, Jersey City, and Paterson, N. J., respectively, alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the Warren Packing Co., Portland, Oreg., in part on or?
about July 19 and in part on or about September 12, 1922, and transported from?
the State of Oregon into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "A-l?
v * * Head Office Portland, Oregon "Warren Brand Warren Packing Com??
pany, Distributors Cathlamet, Wash. Warrendale, Ore. Fancy Columbia River?
Blue Back    *    *    *    Spring Catch Contents 8 Ounces Salmon."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub??
stance.
On April 19, 1923, the Warren Packing Co., claimant, having admitted the?
allegations of the libels and consented to the entry of decrees of condemnation?
and forfeiture, it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the?
said claimant upon the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $1,150, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be reshipped to?
the factory of the claimant at Portland, Oreg., to be reexamined and recondi??
tioned under the supervision of this department, the bad portion destroyed and?
the good portion released to the claimant. It was further ordered by the court?
that, in the event the reconditioning did not result in the complete elimination?
of the objectionable salmon, the entire lot be destroyed.
HOWARD M. GOKE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.