12664. Adulteration of canned salmon. IT. S. -v. 156 Cases, et al., of Sal- 
mon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond to be reconditioned. (F. & D. Nos. 17316, 17437, 
17442. I. S. Nos. 2108-v, 2109-v, 2110-v, 2Ill-v, 2112-v, 2113-v. S. Nos. 
E>-4318, E~4341, B-4346.)
On or about March 1, 1923, and on March 27 and 29, 1923, respectively, the 
United States attorney for the Western District of New York, 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 
469 cases of salmon, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Buffalo, 
N. Y., consigned by Griffith Durney & Co., Seattle, Wash., alleging that the 
article had been shipped from Seattle, Wash., in various consignments, namely, 
on or about September 23, October 21, and December 29, 1922, respectively, and 
transported from the State of Washington into the State of New York, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) "Klawack Brand Fresh Alaska Pink Salmon Packed 
At Klawack, Alaska, U. S. A. By The North Pacific Trading And Packing Com- 
pany San Francisco, Cal."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed animal substance.
On May 1, 1924, the cases having been consolidated into one action and the 
North Pacific Trading & Packing Co., San Francisco, Calif., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was or- 
dered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon pay- 
ment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $2,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the 
bad portion be separated from the good portion under the supervision of this 
department and the bad portion destroyed.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Secretary of Agriculture.