25158. Adulteration of canned  salmon.     IT.  S.  v.  80 Cases  of Canned  Salmon,
and two other actions against cases of canned salmon. Cases con- 
solidated for purposes of consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. Product released under bond. (F. & D. nos. 36099, 
36102, 36113. Sample nos. 37991-B, 38018-B, 38019-B, 38020-B, 38122-B, 
40412-B, 40417-B, 40418-B.)
Samples of canned salmon taken from the interstate shipments involved in 
these actions were found to contain decomposed salmon.
On August 5, 1935, and August 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 515 cases of canned salmon remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Alaska Icepak 
Corporation, from Cordova, Alaska, on or about June 8, 1935, and June 17, 
1935, and had been transported from Alaska into the State of Washington, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
unlabeled.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
The Alaska Icepak Corporation, Cordova, Alaska, entered a claim in each 
case, admitted the material allegations of the libel therein, and consented to 
consolidation of the cases for purposes of a decree. On August 22, 1935, judg- 
ment of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction was entered, subject to stay 
of execution upon payment by the claimant of all costs and the giving of bond 
in the sum of $2,000, for release of the product to it for reconditioning under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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