21320. Adulteration of canned salmon.    IT. S. v. North Coast Packing- ComŽ
pany. Plea of snilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. no. 27551. I.S. nos. 
22360 to 22363, incl.)
This case involved interstate shipments of canned salmon, samples of which 
were found to be tainted or stale.
On October 31, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the North Coast Packing Co., a corpora- 
tion, Seattle, Wash., alleging shipments by said company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 30 and August 12, 1931, from the Terri- 
tory of Alaska into the State of Washington, of quantities of 'canned salmon 
that was adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole and in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal 
substance.
On July 10, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.