13657. Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.   v.   450   Cases   of   Salmon.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   re- 
leased   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.   18067.    I.   S.   No.   7182-v.     S.   No 
C-4198.)
On November 23, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Mississippi, 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 450 cases of salmon, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Hattiesburg, Miss., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by McGovern & McGovern, from Seattle, Wash., on or about September 
10, 1923, and transported from the State of Washington into the State of 
Mississippi, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Higrade Brand Pink Alaska 
Salmon   *   *   *   Packed in Alaska By Sea Coast Packing Co. Seattle, Wash."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On November 15, 1924, the Sea Coast Packing Co., Seattle, Wash., 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 product be sorted under the supervision of this department, and the 
adulterated portion be destroyed and the remainder released.
R. W. DTJNI/AP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.