21407. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.   v.   1,321   Cases,   et   al.,   of
Canned Salmon. Decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond for separation and destruction of de- 
composed portion. (F. & D. nos. 29050, 29098, 29310. Sample nos. 
13317-A, 13325-A, 16151-A, 16160-A.)
These cases involved several shipments of canned salmon identified by vari- 
ous code marks. Samples taken from certain codes in each shipment were found 
to be in part decomposed.
On October 17 and October 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of Texas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 1,815 
cases of canned salmon at Houston, Tex. On November 19, 1933, the United 
States attorney for the District of Kansas, filed a libel against 797 cases of 
canned salmon at Wichita, Kans. It was alleged in the libels that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, in various shipments on or about 
August 24, September 2, and September 6, 1932, by Libby, McNeill & Libby, from 
Seattle, Wash., into the States of Texas and Kansas and that it was adulter- 
ated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Happy Vale Brand Pink Salmon."
The libels charged that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On September 19 and September 26, 1933, the Copper River Packing Co. 
having appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the material 
allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were en- 
tered. The court having found that portions of the product were not adulter- 
ated, the decrees provided that the product be released to the claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of bonds totaling $6,500, conditioned 
that the cans containing decomposed salmon be segregated and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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