27584. Adulteration and misbranding of canned salmon. U. S. v. 113%4 Cases 
and 2082%4 Cases of Canned Salmon. Consent decrees of condemnation. 
Product released .under bond conditioned that decomposed portion be 
destroyed and good portion relabeled. (F. & D. Nos. 38931, 38932. 
Sample No. 13800.)
This product was adulterated because it was in part decomposed, and was 
misbranded because it had been packed by a firm other than that declared on 
the case.
On January 9, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels (which were subsequently amended) praying seizure and 
condemnation of 113%4 cases of canned salmon at Harlingen, Tex., and 
2082%4 cases of canned salmon at Corpus Christi, Tex., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 23, 1936, 
by the Wesco Foods Co. from Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration and 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in 
part: (Cans) "Floe Brand Alaska Pink Salmon * * * Packed in Alaska for 
Shepard Point Packing Co."; (cases) "Packed by Shepard Point Packing Co., 
Main Office Seattle Washington."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the case, 
"Packed by Shepard Point Packing Co. Main Office Seattle Washington 
U. S. A.," was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser since it represented that the article had been packed by the Shepard 
Point Packing Co.; whereas it was packed by Ocean Packing Co., Klawock, 
Alaska.
On June 10, 1937, the Ocean Packing Co. having appeared as claimant 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 the bad portion be segregated and destroyed and the good portion properly 
relabeled.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.