20780. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 142 Cases of Canned 
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond for separation and destruction of de- 
composed portions.    (F. & D. no. 29797.    Sample no. 28085-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned salmon that was found 
to be in part decomposed.
On February 13,1933, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 142 cases of 
canned salmon at Pueblo, Colo., consigned by Libby, McNeill & Libby, Seattle, 
Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about September 6, 1932, from Seattle, Wash., to Pueblo, Colo., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Cans) " Happy-Vale Brand   *    *    *    Pink Salmon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 20, 1933, the Copper River Packing Co., claimant, 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 claimant upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that the 
decomposed portion be segregated and destroyed.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.