19085. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 26 Cases of Salmon.    De¬
fault decree of confiscation, condemnation, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 26970.    I. S. No. 36201.    S. No. 5184.)
Samples of canned salmon from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be tainted or stale, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the District of Kansas.
On September 16, 1931, 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 26 cases of salmon, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Emporia, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
August 21, 1931, by R. E. Cotter & Co., from San Francisco, Calif., and had 
been transported in interstate commerce from the State of California into 
the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On December 31, 1931, no claimant having appeared, judgment of confiscation 
and condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDB, Secretary of Agriculture.