16477. Adulteration of canned mackerel. U. S. v. 1000 Cases of Canned 
Mackerel. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (P. & D. No. 233491. I. S. No. 040. S. No. 
1491.
On January 26, 1929, 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 1,000 cases of canned mackerel, remaining in the original 
packages at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by Menzi & Co. (Inc.), Manila, 
P. I., alleging that the article had been shipped from Manila, P. I., into the 
State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " California Leader Mackerel 
*    *    *    Packed Salmon Style M. Feibusch Distributor San Francisco, Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On June 24, 1929, M. Feibusch, San Francisco, Calif., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment 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 $1,900, conditioned in part that it be 
made by the claimant to conform with the provisions of the Federal food and 
drugs act under the direction of this department.
AKTHUK M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.