18428.  Adulteration of canned salmon.    V. S. v. 28 Cases of Canned Salmon. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. &
D. No. 25337.    I. S. No. 17451.    S. No. 3615.)
Samples of canned salmon from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be putrid, tainted, or stale, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi.
On November 19, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 28 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Columbus, Miss., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
E. H. Hamlin Co., Seattle, Wash., on or about August 27, 1930, and had been 
transported from the State of Washington into the State of Mississippi, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Silver Sea Brand Pink Salmon * * * Packed For West 
Sales Inc., Seattle."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On April 13, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.