20336. Adulteration of canned salmon. U.S. -v. 6,478 Cases, et al., of 
Canned Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product   released   under   bond;   unfit   portion   ordered   destroyed.
(F.  & D.  nos.  28950,  28960,  28972,  28994.     Sample nos.  14845-A,  25853-A, 
25870-A, 26063-A, 26089-A, 26115-A.)
These actions involved shipments of canned salmon, samples of which were 
found to be partially decomposed.
On September 28, October 4, and October 7, 1932, the United States attorney 
for the Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district 
aforesaid libels praying seizure and condemnation of 19,848 cases of canned 
salmon, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in part on or about August 13, and in 
part on or about August 18, 1932, by the Standard Packing Co., from Shepard 
Point, Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
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, 1932 and November 1, 1932, the Standard Packing Co., 
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 delivered to the said claim- 
ant upon payment of costs and the execution of bonds in the total sum of 
$3,000, conditioned in part that the decomposed portions be separated from 
the fit portion. It was further ordered that the portion found fit for human 
consumption be released and that the decomposed portion be destroyed in 
the process of separation.
R. G. TCGWKLL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.