25688. Adulteration of canned salmon.     IT. S. v. 5,044 Cases and S61 Cases of
Canned Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation. Product released 
under bond. (F. & D. nos. 36606, 36658. Sample nos. 40818-B, 40828-B, 
53654-B, 53695-B, 54495-B.)
These cases involved canned salmon which was in part decomposed.
On November 6 and November 21, 1935, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 
5,905 cases of salmon at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 23 and August 21, 1935, by 
the San Juan Fishing & Packing Co., from Port San Juan, Alaska, and charg- 
ing 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 December 27, 1935, the San Juan Fishing & Packing Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, and the cases having been consolidated, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be released under bond, condi- 
tioned that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the pro- 
visions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.