20951. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. 96 Cases of Canned Sainton. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 29950. Sample no. 23033-A.) This case involved an interstate shipment of canned salmon that was found to be in part decomposed. On March 16, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 96 cases of canned salmon at Oakland, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- state commerce, on or about September 9, 1932, by Libby, McNeill & Libby, from Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Libby's Fancy Red Alaska Salmon Libby McNeill and Libby, Chicago." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance. On April 14, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. R. G. TUOWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.