26176. Adulteration of   canned   mackerel.     IT.   S.   v.   Southern   California   Fish
Corporation.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, 9100.    (F. & D. no. 34085.    Sample 
nos. 11461-B, 17577-B.)
This case involved canned mackerel that was in part decomposed.
On August 12, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Southern California Fish Corporation, 
Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Calif., alleging shipment by said company on 
or about August 29, 1934, from the State of California into the States of Ala- 
bama and New Jersey of quantities of canned mackerel which was adulterated 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Sunset Brand California Mackerel * * * Packed by Southern California 
Fish Corporation, Los Angeles Harbor, Calif."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On September 21, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant company and the court imposed a fine of $100.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.