13687. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 700 Cases of Salmon. De- 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 18178.     1. S. No. 10022-v.    S. No. C-4229.)
On December 17, 1923, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Alabama, 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 700 cases of salmon, at Gadsden, Ala., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by Gorman & Co., from Seattle, Wash., about 
October 10, 1923, and transported from the State of Washington into the State 
of Alabama, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Headlight Brand Chum Salmon Packed By 
Alaska Salmon & Herring Packers, Inc. Tyee, Alaska."
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.
On May 15, 1925, Gorman & Co., Seattle, Wash., having appeared as claimant 
for the property, 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 $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part 
that the adulterated portion be separated from the unadulterated portion under 
the supervision of this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.