12413. Adulteration of canned salmon. V. S. v. 4,794 Cases of Canned 
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. No. 17182. I. S. No. 8317-v. S. No. 
W-1284.)
On January 19, 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 4,794 cases of canned salmon remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the North Pacific Trading & Packing Co. from Klawack, 
Alaska, September 22, 1922, 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) "Klawack Brand 
* * * Salmon * * * Packed at Klawack Alaska, U. S. A. By The 
North Pacific Trading and Packing Company.    San Francisco Calif."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On March 4, 1924, the North Pacific Trading & Packing Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 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 a bond in the sum of $5,000, 
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product 
be sorted under the supervision of this department, that the bad portion be 
destroyed, and the good portion released to the claimant.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.