25165. Adulteration of canned salmon.     IT. S. v. 785 Cases of Canned Salmon.
Consent  decree of  condemnation.     Product released under bond.     (F.
& D. no. 36317.    Sample nos. 38096-B, 40526-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned salmon which was in part decom- 
posed.
On September 12, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 785 cases of 
canned salmon at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 20, 1935, by the Deep Sea Salmon Co., 
from Skowl Arm, Alaska, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed or putrid animal substance.
On September 25, 1935, the Deep Sea Salmon Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment was entered finding the product adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed animal substance and ordering that it be condemned. 
The decree provided, however, that the product might be released under bond 
conditioned that the decomposed portion be segregated and destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.