12391. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 108 Cases and 7,614 Cases
of Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & I). Nos. 17828, 17829. I. S. Nos. 
8391-v, 8392-v, 8393-v, 8394-v, 8395-v, 11498-v.    S. Nos. W-1420, W-1421.)
On September 19, 1923, the United States attorney for the "Western District 
of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the 
seizure and condemnation ,of 7,722 cases of salmon remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by Libby, McNeill & Libby from Koggien, Alaska, on or about August 12, 
1923, and transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Wash- 
ington, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On June 11, 1924, Libby, McNeill & Libby, claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libels and consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of 
condemnation and forfeiture were entered,' and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs 
of the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of 
$10,250, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that 
the product be sorted under the supervision of this department, the bad por- 
tion destroyed, and the good portion released.
HOWAED M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.