13618. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. -v. John F. Tennyson. Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. No. 19586. I. S. No. 20232-v.) On April 9, 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 John F. Tennyson, Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said defendant! in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about August 21, 1924, from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, of a quantity of canned salmon which was adulterated. Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 96 cans of the article showed that 6 cans contained tainted fish and 24 cans contained stale fish. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal substance. On June 1, 1925, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $100. R. W. DTXNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.