25168. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     U.   S.   v.  420   Cases   of  Red   Salmon.
Consent decree of condemnation.     Product released under bond.     (F. &
D. no. 36271.    Sample nos. 40480-B, 40501-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On September 3, 1985, 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 420 cases of 
canned red salmon at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about August 7, 1935, by the Surf Canneries, Inc., 
from Kukak Bay, 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 animal substance.
On September 9, 1935, the Surf Canneries, Inc., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
released under bond conditioned that the decomposed portions be segregated 
and destroyed. '
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.