14504.. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 250 Cases and 245 Cases of 
Sainton. Consent decrees of condemnation and'1' forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 18140. .18256, 18257, 
18258.     I.   S.  Nos.   11240-v,   18118-v,   18119-v,   18120-v,   j.S.. Nos.   C-^216 
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On or about December 6, 1923, and January 3, 1924, respectively, the United- 
States attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, acting upon reports by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for 
said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 495 cases of salmonr 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Nashville, Tenn., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the F. C. Barnes Co. (or P. C. Barnes & Co.)r 
Seattle, Wash., in part on or about October 27, 1923, and in part on or aboutt 
November 9, 1923, and transported from the State of Washington into the 
State of Tennessee, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part:- (Case and can) "Defender Brand 
Red Cohoe" (on cases " Alaska") "Salmon."- The said cases were further 
labeled. " Packed by F. C. Barnes, Portland, Oregon at Lake Bay, Alaska," or 
?'Packed by F. C. Barnes & Co. Portland or Lake Bay, Alaska." The cans 
-were further labeled, "Packed for F. C. Barnes Co. of Portland,, Oregon " or 
"Packed For F. C. Barnes & Co. Portland, Ore."      -        , ?<*.;        ;?.,
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted   wholly   or   in   part   of   a   filthy;: decomposed   and .putrid   animal
SUbstaTiee. 
On March 18, 1926, F. C. Barnes & Co., Portland, Oreg., having appeared as= 
claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of decrees, judg- 
ments of condemnation were 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 bonds in the aggregate amount of $1,250,. 
conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to law. 
The decrees further provided that the claimant might ship the product to Port- 
land, Oreg., to be examined, sorted and reconditioned, and make use of the 
portion fit for human consumption, and that if it could not be so reconditioned 
it might be disposed of for chick or fox feed.
W; M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.