21725. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.   v.   Chinook   Packing:   Co.
Plea of guilty to first count of information.    Fine, $50 and costs.
(F. & D. no. 30209.    Sample nos. 1776-A, 1780-A,  1783-A, 1784-A, 1786-A, 
1788-A, 1789-A.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of canned salmon that was 
found to be in part tainted or stale.
On July 12, 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 in seven counts against the Chinook Packing 
Co., a' corporation, Chinook, Wash., alleging shipment by said company in vio- 
lation of the Food and Drugs Act, between the dates of August 12 and August 
25, 1932, from the State of Washington into the State of Oregon, of quantities 
of canned salmon that was adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it consisted in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On September 29, 1933, a plea of guilty to the first count of the information 
was entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine 
of $50 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.