20410. Adulteration of canned salmon.    IT. S. v. TO Cases, et al., of Canned
Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. Decomposed portion ordered destroyed 
or denatured. (F. & D. nos. 29119, 29120. Sample nos. 8040-A, 8041-A. 
20612-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of canned 
salmon, samples of which were found to be decomposed.
—On October 28,. 1032, tho United States attorney for the Northern District of 
New York, 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 592 cases of canned salmon, in part at Plattsburg, 
N.Y., and in part at Schenectady, N.Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by McGovern & Modern, on or about August 23, 1932, and had been 
transported in interstate commerce from the State of Washington into the 
State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Storm Brand Red Alaska 
Salmon [or "Norge Top Quality Alaska Red Sockeye Salmon"] * * * 
Distributed by McGovern & McGovern, Seattle, U.S.A."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On November 22 and November 29, 1932, the Bristol Bay Packing Co., San 
Francisco, Calif, claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and 
having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and for- 
feiture 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 bonds totaling 
$1,100. The bonds were conditioned upon claimant's separating the good por- 
tion from the decomposed portion, and permitted the shipment of part or all 
of the goods to San Francisco, Calif., if necessary, to accomplish such purpose; 
and required that all decomposed salmon be destroyed or denatured.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.