19558. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 598 Cases of Canned Sal- 
mon. Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 27365.    I. S. No. 47159.    S. No. 5565.)
Samples of canned salmon taken from the interstate shipment involved in 
this action having been found to be tainted or stale, the Secretary of Agri- 
culture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Kentucky.
On December 12, 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 598 cases of the said canned salmon, remaining in the original 
packages at Campbellsville, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce by McGovern & McGovern, from Seattle, Wash., on or 
about November 1, 1931, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Sea Flyer Brand Alaska Pink 
Salmon   *    *    *   Distributed by McGovern & McGovern Seattle."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On February 1, 1932, the Wrangel Packing Corporation, Seattle, Wash., hav- 
ing appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of 
a decree, judgment of condemnation was 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 a bond in the sum of $3,500, conditioned in part that it 
should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the 
Federal food and drugs act, and all other laws relating thereto. Subsequently 
an order was entered by the court permitting shipment of the goods under 
proper supervision to San Francisco, Calif., to be reconditioned in accordance 
with the terms of the decree.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.