20753. Adulteratlon   of   canned   salmon.   U.   S.   v.   59S   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. no. 29532.    Sample no. 21010-A.) 

This case involved an interstate shipment of canned salmon that was in part 
decomposed.
On November 23, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 598 cases of canned salmon at South Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the F. A. Gosse Co., Seattle, Wash., on or about 
September 30, 1932, and had been transported from the State of Washmgton 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Pink Rose Brand 
* * * Pink Vacuum Packed Salmon * * * Distributed by F. A. Gosse 
Company, Seattle, Wash."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On February 28, 1933, no claimant appearing of record, judgment of con- 
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.