271.62. Adulteration of salmon. U. S. v. 1.00 and 102 Cases of Salm.on. Consent
decree of condemnation. Product released under bond subject to
segregation and destruction of decomposed portion. (F. ' & D. no.
374S6. Sample nos. 63083-B, 63084-B.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On March 27, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 202 cases of salmon at Duluth,
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Minn., alleging that -it had been shipped .in interstate commerce on or about
February 27, 1936, by Pacific American Fisheries, Inc., from South Bellingham,
Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A
portion of the article was labeled: (Can) "Table Talk Alaska Red Soekeye
Salmon • • • Packed For Rust Parker Co. Duluth, Minn."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of
a decomposed animal substance.
On December 3, 1936, Pacific American Fisheries, Inc., having appeared as
claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation
was entered and it was ordered that the product be released under
bond subject to segregation and destruction of the decomposed portion and
recooking and resealing the remainder and relabeling it "Reprocessed."