12813. Adulteration of canned salmon. V. S. v. 1,936 Cases of Canned 
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released nnder too ml. (F. & D. No. 18922. I. S. No. 7761-v. S. No. 
W-1557.)
On or about August 21, 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 1,936 cases of canned salmon, consigned by 
the A. & P. Products Corp., remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped from Oape Edwards, 
Alaska, July 20, 1924, 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) " Iona Brand Pink Salmon 
Packed    *    *    *    By The A. & P. Products Corporation."
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.
During the month of September, 1924, the A. & P. Products Corp., 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 
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 $2,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the 
good portion be separated from the bad portion under the supervision of this 
department, and the bad portion destroyed.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.