16138. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned salmon. TJ. S. v. 344 Cases 
of Canned Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 23068. I. S. No. 02412. 
S. No. 1164.)
On September 13, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 
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 con- 
demnation of 344 cases of canned salmon at Rockland, Me., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by Franklin H. Palmer  (Inc.), from Boston, Mass.,
on or about July 18, 1928, and transported from the State of Massachusetts 
into the State of Maine, and charging adulteration and misbranding in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Cases) 
"Red Rambler Brand Red Salmon;" (cans) "Red Rambler Brand Salmon 
* * * Red Rambler Brand Red Salmon Packed for Whitney-Ellsworth Co., 
Seattle, U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that salmon 
of a different variety than red salmon, and of a lower quality than red salmon, 
had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly for red salmon which 
the said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designations "Red Rambler " 
and " Red Rambler Brand Red Salmon " were false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchaser, since the article was not red salmon but was salmon 
of a different variety and of a lower quality than red salmon.
On October 31, 1928, Franklin H. Palmer (Inc.), Boston, Mass., 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 ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $6,000, or 
the deposit of collateral in like amount, conditioned in part that the said 
product be reconditioned under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.