19017. Adulteration of canned salmon. TJ. S. v. ?13 Cases, et al., of Canned 
Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (P. & D. Nos. 27093, 27219, 27231. I. S. Nos. 
12776, 22375, 22501, 22504.    S. Nos. 5330, 5391, 5407.)
Samples of canned salmon from the shipments herein described having been 
found to be tainted or stale, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Western District of Washington.
On October 20, November 9, and November 13,1931, the United States attorney 
filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 19,258 cases of canned salmon, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Libby, McNeil & Libby, from Craig, Alaska, on or about 
September 15, 1931, and had been transported from Alaska into the State of 
Washington, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
A portion of the article was unlabeled. Of the remainder a portion was labeled, 
(can) "Happyvale Brand Pink Salmon Packed for Emery Food Co., Chicago, 
U. S. A. Packed in Alaska," and the balance, (case and can) " Rosedale Brand 
Medium Red Salmon Libby McNeil & Libby."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 28 and November 28, 1931, Libby, McNeil & Libby, Seattle, 
Wash., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and having 
consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture 
were 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 bonds totaling 
$6,000, conditioned in part that it be sorted under the supervision of this 
department in order to separate the good portion from the decomposed portion, 
and further conditioned that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of con- 
trary to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act, or the laws of any 
State, Territory, district, or insular possession. The decrees further provided 
that the bonds be canceled upon proof that the decomposed portion had been 
destroyed by the claimant in the process of separating the adulterated from 
the unadulterated salmon.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.