20342. Adulteration of canned  salmon.     U.S. v. 218  Cases of  Canned Sal¬
mon.     Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product 
released  under bond;  unfit portion  ordered  destroyed.     (F.  & D.
no. 28920.    Sample nos. 15247-A, 15321-A.)
This action involved a shipment of canned salmon, samples of which were 
found to be partially decomposed.
On September 19, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, 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 condemnation of 218 cases of canned salmon, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about August 5, 1932, by the Alaska Salmon Co., from 
Unalaska, Bristol Bay, Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., 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 whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 13, 1932, the Alaska Salmon Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be delivered to the said claimant upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that the 
decomposed portion 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. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.