22270. Adulteration of canned salmon. V. S. v. 1,000 Cases of Canned 
Salmon. Product released under bond. (F. & D. no. 27584. I.S. 
no. 21100.    S. no. 5616.)
This case involved a shipment of canned salmon which was found to be in 
part decomposed.
On December 23, 1931, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,000 cases of canned 
salmon, at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 25, 1931, 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) "Happy-Vale Brand Pink 
Salmon * * * Packed for Emery Food Co. Chicago, U. S. A. Packed in 
Alaska."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On January 22, 1932, the Emery Food Co. having appeared as claimant and 
having filed an answer admitting that a portion of the product was adulterated, 
a decree was entered ordering that it be released to the claimant upon payment 
of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that it 
should not be disposed of in violation of the Food and Drugs Act and all other 
laws. On April 16, 1934, the court having found that the product had been 
examined and that 246 cases had been segregated as containing decomposed 
salmon, it was ordered that the claimant might ship the said 246 cases to 
Seattle, Wash., for further examination and segregation under the supervision 
of this Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.