14790. Adulteration of canned salmon.     IT. S. v. 13,311 Cases of Salmon, et
al. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 21374, 21375. I. S. Nos. 908-x to 
911-x, incl.    S. Nos. W-2038, W-2039.)
On November 11, 1926, 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 seizure and 
condemnation of 14,286 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Bellingham, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Pacific American Fisheries, in part from Unawik, Alaska, and in part 
from Ikatan, Alaska, between the dates of July 9 and August 26, 1926, and 
transported from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On December 13, 1926, the Puget Sound Salmon Canning 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 or- 
dered 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 $30,000, the terms of said bond requiring the reconditioning of the 
product under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.