12277.  Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.   v.   564   Cases   of   Salmon. 
Decree  of   condemnation.     Product   released   under   bond.     (F.   &
D. No. 18236.    I. S. Nos. 20684-v, 20685-v.    S. No. W-1469.)
On January 8, 1924, 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 564 cases of salmon remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped hy the Beauclaire Packing Co., from Beauclaire [Beauclerc], Alaska, 
in part October 12 and in part October 16, 1923, and transported from the 
Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Can) " Blanchard Brand Alaska Pink Salmon Packed By Beauclaire Pack- 
ing Co."
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 January 11, 1924, the Beauclaire Packing Co., Beauclaire [Beauclerc], 
Alaska, claimant, having paid the costs of the proceedings and executed a
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bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be released to the said claimant.
HOWARD M. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.