14799. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 67 Cases and 102 Cases of
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (P. & D. No. 21376. I. S. Nos. 10842-x, 10843-x. 
S. No. W-2042.)
On or about November 15. 1926, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of California, 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 169 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Alaska Salmon Co.. from Nushagak, Alaska, on or 
about August 24, 1926, and transported from the Territory of Alaska into 
the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation  of the food
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Rocky Ford Brand 
Pink Salmon Fresh Alaska Pink Salmon Packed By The Alaska Salmon Co. 
Office San Francisco, Cal."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On November 29, 1926, the Alaska Salmon Co., San Francisco, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of 
a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 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 a bond in the 
sum of $500, conditioned in part that it be made to conform with the law 
under the supervision of and to the satisfaction of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.