20314. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.      U.S.   v.   2,027   Cases,   et   al.,   of
Canned Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. nos. 28892, 28916. Sample nos. 1776-A, 
1777-A, 1778-A, 1780-A, 1782-A, 1783-A, 1784-A, 1786-A, 1788-A to 1793-A, 
incl., 14883-A, 14885-A, 14888-A, 14889-A, 14899-A, 14900-A, 15063-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of canned salmon, 
samples of which were found to be partially decomposed.
On September 12, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 2,027 cases of canned salmon at Astoria, Oreg. On September 16, 
1932, a libel was filed against 819 cases of canned salmon, also located at 
Astoria, Oreg. Only a part of the goods covered by the libel of September 12, 
1932, having been seized by the marshal, the United States attorney, on 
September 28, 1932, filed a libel against the remaining 1,441 cases.    It was
alleged in the libels that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by 
the Chinook Packing Co., from Chinook, Wash., in various lots on or about 
August 10, August 11, August 12, and August 25, 1932; that it remained in 
the original unbroken packages at Astoria, Oreg., and that it was adulterated 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 5,1932, the Chinook Packing Co., Chinook, Wash., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of decrees, 
judgments of condemnation 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 good and sufficient bonds, conditioned that it should not be sold 
or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act or the 
laws of any State, Territory, or insular possession. It was further ordered 
that the product should not be sold or disposed of until reconditioned in a 
manner satisfactory to this Department. The product was reconditioned by 
separation and destruction of the unfit portion.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.