17440. Adulteration of canned tnna flsb.    U. S. v. 31 Cases, et al., of Tnna
Fisb.    Product released nnder bond to be salvaged.     (F. & D. No.
24415.    I. S.  Nos. 011207,  011208, 011225, 011226.    S. No. 2671.)
Samples of canned tuna fish from the shipment described below having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the District of Utah.
On January 4, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 231 cases of canned tuna fish, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Ogden, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Coast Fishing 
Co., from Los Angeles Harbor, Calif., on or about November 29, 1929, and had 
been transported in interstate commerce from the State of California into' the 
State of Utah, and that it was adulterated in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: " Scowcroft's Blue Pine Brand Tuna Fish 
* * * Packed expressly for John Scowcroft and Sons Company, Ogden, 
Utah."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On April 1, 1930, the Coast Fishing Co., claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and having paid costs and executed a bond in the sum of 
$2,000, a decree was entered ordering that the product be released to the said 
claimant to be sorted and salvaged under the supervision of this department, 
and that the claimant be permitted to sell and dispose of the portion found 
sound and of edible quality, and the decomposed portion destroyed or disposed 
of in a manner approved of by this department.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.