13307.  Adulteration  of  canned   salmon.    U.   S.  v.   Kniu  Island  Warehouse 
Co. and Beauclaire Faclcing Co.    Plea of gruilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. &
D. No. 19280.    I. S. No. 1206SMr.)
On February 17,. 1925, 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 an information against 
the Kuiu Island Warehouse Co., a corporation, having a representative at 
Seattle, Wash., and the Beauclaire Packing Co., a corporation, trading at 
Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said companies, in violation of the food 
and drugs act, on or about September 22, 1923, from the Territory of Alaska
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into the State of Washington, of a quantity of canned salmon which was adult- 
erated. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Blanchard Brand Alaska 
Pink Salmon Packed By Beauclaire Packing Co. Port Beauclerc, Alaska."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 576 cans 
taken from the consignment showed that 63 cans, or 10.9 per cent, were de- 
composed.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On April 6, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant companies, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
E. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.