20673. Adulteration of canned salmon.    U. S. v. 216 Cases and 2,099 Cases
of Canned Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product released under bond for separation and destruc- 
tion of unfit portion. (F. & D. nos. 29014, 29049. Sample nos. 25872-A, 
25873-A, 25881-A.)
These actions involved quantities of canned salmon, samples of which were 
found to be decomposed.
On October 7, 1932, and October 14, 1932, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of Washington, 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 2,315 cases of canned 
salmon, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about August 25, 1932, by R. J. Derati- 
on, from Klawock, Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 6, 1933, R. J. Peratovich, Klawock, Alaska, claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant, upon payment 
of costs and the execution of bonds totaling $2,500, conditioned that it be 
sorted to separate the good from the bad and that the decomposed portion 
be destroyed.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.