18599. Adulteration of canned salmon. XJ. S. v. 498 Cases of Canned Salmon. Portion of product condemned. Remainder released under bond to be salvaged. (P. & D. No. 25236. I. S. No. 5210. S. No. 3532.) 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 Middle District of Pennsylvania. On or about October 31, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 498 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original un- broken packages at Sunbury, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by the West Sales Co., from Seattle, Wash., on or about September 16, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Washington into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Live Wire Brand Alaska Pink Salmon * * * Distributed by West Sales Co., Seattle, Wash." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance, namely, decomposed fish. On March 13, 1931, the Weis Pure Food Stores, Sunbury, Pa., entered an appearance and filed its claim and answer. On May 5, 1931, a decree was entered ordering that the product be released to the claimant under bond, con- ditioned that it should not be disposed of contrary to the Federal food and drugs act, and that claimant pay costs; that the portion of the product identified by certain codes be condemned; that after the claimant had segre- gated the good salmon from the bad salmon, this department reexamine the portion segregated as good; that all portions determined by this department to be good be released unconditionally; and that, subject to the right of the claimant to have a detailed inspection made of each can and to salvage the same subject to the approval of this department, all of the salmon determined by this department to be bad should be disposed of in a manner in accordance with the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act. AETHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.