13838. Adulteration of canned salmon. V. S. v. 6,271 Cases of Salmon. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 20412. I. S. No. 123-x. S. No. 
W-1775.)
On September 28, 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 a libel praying 
the seizure and condemnation of 6,271 cases of salmon, remaining in the. 
original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Pyramid Packing Co., from  Sitka, Alaska,  arriving at
Seattle, August 12, 1925, 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) "Oasis Brand Pink 
Salmon    *    *    *    Packed By Pyramid Packing Co. Sitka, 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 or about October 15, 1925, the Pyramid Packing Co., 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 $2,500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that 
the bad portion be separated from the good portion under the supervision 
of this department and the bad portion destroyed.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.