25917. Adulteration of salmon.    U. S. v. Wrangell Packing Co., a corporation.!
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $301 and costs.     (F. & D. no. 36967.    Sample nos. 
37859-B, 37866-B, 38040-B, 38046-B, 38051-B.)
This case involved shipments of canned salmon that consisted in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On May 15, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Wrangell Packing Co., a corporation, 
trading at Wrangell, Alaska, alleging that on or about August 1 and September 
4, 1935, the defendant had shipped from Alaska to itself in the State of Wash- 
ington a number of unlabeled cans of salmon, and that the article was adul- 
terated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of 
decomposed animal substance.
On June 6, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $301 and costs.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.