20617. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U.  S. v. 648 Cases of Canned Sal¬
mon. Decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for 
separation and destruction of unfit portion. (F. & D. no. 29162. I. S. 
no. 16756-A.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of canned salmon, samples 
of which were found to be decomposed.
On November 3, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Texas, 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 648 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Austin, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 11, 1932, by McGovern & 
Modern, from Seattle, Wash., to Austin, Tex., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" McGovern's Best Brand Pink Alaska Salmon * * * Distributed by { 
McGovern & Modern, Seattle, U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 28, 1933, the Standard Packing Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 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 
$1,000, conditioned that it should not be disposed of in violation of the law. 
The decree further provided that the product might be shipped to Seattle, 
Wash., for examination, and that all portions found unfit for human consump- 
tion be destroyed.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting' Secretary of Agriculture.