25219. Adulteration of canned  salmon.     U.  S. v.  8,053  Cases  and 3,997  Cases
of Canned Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. nos. 36309, 36310. Sample nos. 40500-B, 
40504-B, 40513-B, 40518-B.)
These cases involved shipments of canned salmon which was in part decom- 
posed. On September 9, 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 libels praying seizure and condemnation of 12,050 
cases of canned salmon at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about July 29 and August 9, 1935, by the 
Alaska Southern Packing Co., from Kupreanof Harbor, 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.
The Alaska Southern Packing Co. appeared as claimant, admitted the allega- 
tions of the libels and consented to the entry of a decree. On September 20, 
1935, the cases having been consolidated, judgment was entered condemning 
the product but providing that it might be released under bond conditioned 
that it should not be disposed of in violation of the Federal Food and Drugs 
Act, and that it be brought into conformity with the law under the supervision 
of this Department.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.