27582. Adulteration of   canned  salmon.     U.   S.   v.   200   Cases   and  53   Cases   of
Canned Salmon.    Consent decrees of condemnation.    Product released 
under bond.    (F. & D. Nos. 38919, 38920.    Sample No. 16140-C.)
This product was in part decomposed.
On January 12, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
South Carolina, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 200 cases of canned 
salmon at Columbia, S. C., and 53 cases of canned salmon at Charleston, S. C., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
September 30, 1936, by McGovern & McGovern from Seattle, Wash., and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Cans) "Northern Waters Brand Alaska Pink Salmon * * * Dis- 
tributed by North Coast Fisheries Co. Seattle, U. S. A."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On May 18 and June 28, 1937, the Alaska Red Salmon Packers, Inc., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry 
of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that 
the product be released under bond, conditioned that it should not be sold or 
disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.