20422. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.    U.   S.   v.   750   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. no. 29123. Sample nos. 22559-A, 
22560-A, 22561-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned salmon, 
samples of which were found to be partially decomposed.
On October 27, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, 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 750 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about September 9, 1932, by Modern & 
McGovern, from Seattle, Wash., to Norfolk, Va., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
" McGovern's Best 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 consisted 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On November 16, 1932, the Standard Packing Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was 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 a bond in the sum of $1,116, conditioned that it be made to 
conform to the Federal Food and Drugs Act, under the supervision of this 
Department, and that it should not be sold or disposed of contrary to the provi- 
sions of said act, and all other laws.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.