26069. Adulteration and misbranding of canned salmon. U. S. v. 811, 475, and 195 Cases of Canned Salmon. Deerees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 87612, 37623, 87626. Sample nos. 51529-B, 53185-B, 63218-B.) These cases involved canned salmon that was in part decomposed. A portion was soft and some was scorched and overcooked. On April 18, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 195 cases of canned salmon at St. Paul, Minn. On April 20 and April 21, 1936, libels were filed against 475 cases of canned salmon at Jacksonville, Fla., and 311 cases of canned salmon at Baltimore, Md. The libels alleged that the article had been shipped in inter- state commerce between the dates of November 2, 1935, and January 8, 1936, by McGovern & McGovern, from Seattle, Wash., and that it was adulterated and a portion was misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The ship- ments involved two brands labeled in part, respectively: "Far North Fancy Pink Salmon McGovern and Modern, Seattle, U. S. A. Sole Distributors"; "McGovern's Best Brand Alaska Pink Salmon Distributed by Modern & McGovem Seattle, U. S. A." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or In part of a decomposed animal substance. The Far North brand was alleged to be misbranded in that the term "Fancy", appearing on the labels, was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to decomposed soft, scorched, and overcooked fish. On June 13 and July 16, 1936, no claim having been entered for the lots seized at Baltimore, Md., and St. Paul, Minn., and the Quality Seafood Packing Co., claimant for the lot seized at Jacksonville, having withdrawn its claim and consented to the destruction of said lot, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed. W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.