20633. Adulteration of canned salmon. TT. S. v. 102 Cases, et al., of Salmon. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond for separation and destruction of unfit portion.
(F. & D. no. 29091.    Sample nos. 5192-A, 5193-A, 5194-A, 5195-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned salmon 
that was found to be in part decomposed.
On or about October 24, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, 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 131 cases of canned salmon at Chicago, 
111., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about August 18, 1932, by F. A. Gosse Co., from Seattle, Wash., to Chicago, Ill., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion 
of the article was labeled in part: (Can) " Seabest Alaska Red * * * Sal- 
mon.
"   The remainder was unlabeled.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 5, 1932, the Superior Packing Co. and Martin C. White, claim- 
ants, 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 released to the claimants for 
separation and destruction of the unfit portion, upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that it should not be sold 
or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act and all 
other laws.
R. G. TXTGWELL, Aotmff Secretary of Agriculture.