13941. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U. S. v. Alaska Herring: & Sardine
Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $150. (F. & D. No. 19603. I. S. Nos. 
20219-v,   20221-v,   20287-v,   20288-V,   20289-v,   20294-v.)
On May 12, 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 Alaska Herring & Sardine Co., a corporation, organized under 
the laws of Washington and having a representative within said State, . 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in 
various consignments, namely, on or about August 12, 23, and 27, 1924, re- 
spectively, from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, of 
Quantities of canned salmon which was adulterated.
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample 
of the article from each shipment showed 21 per cent, 26 per cent, and 16 per 
cent, respectively, of decomposed salmon.
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 
substance.
On June 22, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and on October 19, 1925, the court imposed a 
fine of $150.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.