26691. Adulteration of canned salmon.     U. S. v. 2,568 Gases and 220 Cases "of
Canned Salmon.     Consent decree of condemnation.    Product released 
under bond for segregation and destruction of decomposed portion.
(F. & D. nos. 88387, 88468.   Sample nos. 22088-C, 22104-C, 28618-C, 23723-C.)
These cases involved canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On October 6 and October 27,1936, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 2,788 
cases of canned salmon at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by the Western Pacific Salmon Co., in part on 
or about August 15, 1986, from Ketchikan, Alaska, and in part on or about
August 23, 1936, from Egegik, Alaska, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled: "Queen of 
the Pacific Brand Red Alaska Sockeye Salmon, Kelley-Clarke Co., Seattle Dis- 
tributors."   The remainder was unlabeled.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 17, 1936, the Western Pacific Packing Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, a consolidated judgment was entered condemning the product and 
ordering that it be released under bond, conditioned that the cans containing 
decomposed salmon be destroyed and that the cans containing good salmon be 
reprocessed and so labeled.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.