27033. Adulteration of  canned  salmon.     IT.   S.  v.  Western Pacific Packing  Co.
Plea of guilty.     Fine, .$150 and costs.     (F. & D. no. 37001.    Sample nos. 
53606-B, 53614-B, 53646-B, 64981-B.)
This case involved canned salmon that was in part decomposed.
On November 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 the Western Pacific Packing Co., a 
corporation, trading at Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said company in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 15, 1935, from the 
Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, a quantity of canned salmon 
which was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted In part of a 
decomposed animal substance.
On January 11, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $150 and costs.
W. R. GKEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.