11707. Adulteration  of  canned salmon.     U.  S. v.- 182  Cases  of Canned  SSal-
mon. Default decree entered. Product delivered to State officials 
to he used in State fish hatcheries. (F. & D. No. 17122. I. S. No. 
8314-v.     S. No. W-1275.)
On January 12, 1923, 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 praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 182 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Southern Alaska Canning Co., from Port Walter, Alaska, October 6, 
1922, and transported from the. Territory of Alaska into the State of Wash- 
ington, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Cans) " Moonrise Brand Medium Red Sal- 
mon Packed in Alaska by Southern Alaska Canning Co. Main Office Seattle, 
Wash. U. S. A. Contents 1 Lb."
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 sub- 
stance.
On February 14, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of the court was entered ordering that the product be delivered to the 
State Fish Commissioner and the State Game Warden to be used in the State 
fish hatcheries.
HOWARD M.   GORE,  Acting  Secretary  of  Agriculture.