29743. Adulteration of  canned  salmon.     U.   S.  v.  47  Cases  of   Canned  Salmon
(and two similar seizure actions). Consent decree of condemnation. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 43309, 43476, 43781. Sample 
Nos. 40226-D, 40259-D, 40260-D, 40289-D, 40367-D, 40403-D, 40418-D.)
This product was decomposed in part.
On August 15 and 26, and September 8, 1938, the United States attorney 
for the Western District .of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 556 cases of unlabeled canned salmon at Seattle, Wash.; alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 16 and 28, 
and August 11, 1938, by North Pacific Sea Foods, in part from Dayville, 
Alaska, and in part from Valdez, Alaska; and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On September 16, 1938, the cases having been consolidated and the North 
Pacific Sea Foods Co., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered, and the product was ordered released 
under bond conditioned that it should not be sold or disposed of contrary to 
the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.