20512. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U. S. v. 100 Cases of Salmon.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under   bond   for   segregation   and   destruction   of   unfit   portion.
(F. & D. no. 29110.    Sample no. 2890-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned salmon, 
samples of which were found to be decomposed.
On October 22, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Wisconsin, 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 100 cases of canned salmon, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Sparta, Wis., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 3, 1932, by 
the C. F. Buelow Co., from Seattle, Wash., to Sparta, Wis., and charging adul- 
teration 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 part of a decomposed animal substance.
On November 28, 1932, the Lange Grocery Co., Sparta, Wis., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and 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 released to the claimant upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned that the unfit 
portion be segregated and destroyed.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.