20798. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.    IT.   S.   v.   285   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. no. 29752.    Sample nos. 16766-A, 16773-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of canned salmon that was in part 
decomposed.
On January 24, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Texas, 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 
285 cases of canned salmon at Houston, Tex., consigned by McGovern & Mc- 
Govern, Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 11,1932, from Seattle, Wash., to Houston, Tex., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Case) " Floe Select Pink Salmon Packed by Shepard Point 
Packing Co."; (can) " Floe Brand Pink Salmon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On March 6, 1933, the Standard Packing Co., a corporation of the State of 
Washington, having appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, 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 
$1,000, conditioned that it should not be sold or disposed of in violation of the 
Federal Food and Drugs Act and' all other laws.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.