21720. Adulteration of canned  salmon.     U.   S.  v.  Libby,  McNeill  &  Libby.
Plea of guilty.     Pine, $250 and costs.     (p.  &  D.  no.  30294.     I S    no. 
12634.)
This case was based on the interstate shipment of canned salmon that 
was found to be in part tainted or stale.
On October 23, 1933, 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 Libby, McNeill & Libby, a cor- 
poration, trading at Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said company in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 16, 1931, from 
the State of Washington into the State of Oregon, of a quantity of canned 
salmon that was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: " Happy-Vale 
Brand Pink Salmon   *   *    *   Packed for Emery Food Co. Chicago."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On October 27, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $250 and 
costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.