26848. Adulteration of canned salmon. U. S. v. Alaska Tear Round Canneries 
Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $150 and costs. (F. & D. no. 38056. Sample 
no. 56346-B.)
This case involved canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On December 18, 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 the Alaska Year Round Canneries 
Co., a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said company through 
its broker and agent, on or about August 29, 1935, from the State of Washing- 
ton into the State of Pennsylvania for transshipment to Akron, Ohio, of a 
quantity of canned salmon that was adulterated. The article was labeled in 
part: "Farbest Cohoe Select Salmon Packed * * * For Farwest Fisheries 
Inc. Seattle."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a decomposed animal substance.
On January 7, 1937 a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $150 and costs.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.