13047. Adulteration  of canned  salmon.     U.   S. v. Bellingham  Canning Co.
Plea  of  guilty.    Fine,  $200.     (F.  & D.   No.   19286.    I.   S.  Nos.  4907-v, 
4915-v, 4908-v, 19339-v, 19340-v, 19342-v, 19344-v.)
On February 18, 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 Bellingham Canning Co., a corporation, South Bellingham, Wash., 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on 
or about September 13, 1923, from the State of Washington into the State of 
Louisiana, and reconsignment in four lots into the States of Kentucky and 
Tennessee, of quantities of canned salmon which was adulterated. A portion 
of the article was labeled in part: (Can) "Bell-Can Brand * * * Chum 
Salmon Packed By Bellingham Canning Company So. Bellingham Wash." 
Another portion was labeled  in part:  (Can)   "Tomah  Brand  Salmon."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample 
from each consignment showed 26 per cent, 24 per cent, 22 per cent, and 
22 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 November 16, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered' 
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.