19631. Adulteration of canned salmon.    IT. S. v. 24 Cases of Canned Salmon,
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction,
(F. & D. No. 27582.    I. S. No. 46059.    S. No. 5615.)
Samples of canned salmon from the shipment herein described having been 
found to be partly decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the mat- 
ter to the United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
On December 21, 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 24 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Columbus, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped by B. H. 
Hamlin & Co., from Seattle, Wash., on or about November 18, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of Washington into the State of Georgia, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " See Flyer Brand Alaska Pink Salmon * * * Distributed 
by McGovern & McGovern, Seattle, U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 9, 1932, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.