15470. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 75 Cases of Canned Salmon.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 22092.    I. S. Nos. 12967-x, 12968-x.    S. No. 138.)
On October 10, 1927, 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 75 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Sunnypoint Packing Co., from Seward, Alaska, on August 14, 1927, and trans- 
ported 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 wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On December 23, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAKDINK, Secretary of Agriculture.