26195. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U. S. v. Peril Straits Packing Co.     Plea
of guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.    (F. & D. no. 87013.    Sample nos. 53692-B, 
54492-B.)
This case involved canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On May 16, 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 Peril Straits Packing Co., a corporation, 
at Seattle, Wash., alleging that on or about August 14, 1935, the defendant had 
shipped from Alaska into the State of Washington a number of unlabeled 
cans of salmon, and that the article was adulterated In violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On September 21, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defend- 
ant company and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
HABKY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.