15332. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 1,200 Cases and 1,000 Cases
of Canned Salmon. Decrees of condemnation and forfeiture en- 
tered. Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 15602, 15926. 
I. S. Nos. 92S-t, 929-t, 930-t, 932-t, 933-t, 1021-t, 1022-t, 1024-t, 1025-t, 
4245-t, 4250-t, 4251-t, 4252-t.    S. Nos. C-3313, C-3388.)
On November 18, and November 19, 1921, respectively, the United States at- 
torney for the Middle District of Tennessee, acting upon reports by the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 2,200 cases of canned 
salmon, remaining in the original unbroken packages in various lots at Nashville, 
Pulaski, Tullahoma, and Murfreesboro, Tenn., respectively, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the W. R. Beatty Co., Vancouver, B. C, Canada, 
' on or about October 1, 1921, and had been transported in interstate commerce 
into the State of Tennessee, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Kay-Square Brand 
Select Pink Salmon, Inspected, Kenai Packing Co., Seattle, Wash.," (cases) 
" Pink Salmon Packed By Kenai Packing Company, Drier Bay, Alaska."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On January 17, 1927, Henry King & Co., Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Dobson & 
Co., Nashville, Tenn., having appeared as claimants for respective portions of 
the product, and having admitted that it contained putrid and rotten matter, 
judgments ?of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the said product be released to a purchaser upon the execu- 
tion of bonds totaling $2,000, conditioned in part that it be disposed of as dog 
or chicken feed, and that the claimants pay the costs of the proceedings.
\V. M. JAUDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.