13963. Adulteration   of   canned   salmon.     V.   S.   v.   Kadiak   Fisheries   Co.
Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (P. & D. No. 19610. I. S. Nos. 7773-v, 
20235-v.)
On May 8, 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 Kadiak Fisheries Co., a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about July 25, 
1924, from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, of a quantity 
of canned salmon which was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: 
" Criterion Brand Pink Alaska Salmon Packed By Kadiak Fisheries Co. Of- 
fices-Seattle, Wash."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department of 480 cana 
of the article from the shipment showed 85 cans, or 17 per cent, of decomposed 
salmon.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On November 23, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.