20765. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.   U.   S.   "v.   1,084   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond.     (F. & D. no. 28958.    Sample no. 14646-A.)
This case involved a quantity of canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On September 24, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
1,084 cases of canned salmon at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by Libby, 
McNeill & Libby, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about September 3, 1932, from Seattle, Wash., to San Francisco, 
Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Happy-Vale Brand Pink Salmon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted/ 
in part of a decomposed animal substance. 
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On March 8, 1933, the Copper River Packing Co.r claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment 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 $1,000, conditioned that it should not be 
sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food 
and Drugs Act, and all other laws.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.