30489. Adulteration and misbranding of smoked salmon.     IT. S. v. 10 Cases of
Sliced   Smoked   Salmon.     Decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 45137.    Sample No. 86-D.)
This product contained artificially colored mineral oil.
On April 3, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 cases of sliced smoked salmon 
at Denver, Colo., consigned by Los Angeles Smoking & Curing Co.; alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 
25, 1939, from Los Angeles, Calif.; and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, 
"Lascco Brand."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that an artificially colored 
mineral oil had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce and lower 
its quality and strength and had been substituted wholly or in part for edible
salmon oil.   It was alleged  to be adulterated further in that it had been 
mixed and colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Sliced Smoked 
Salmon" was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser, since mineral oil is not a recognized ingredient of sliced smoked salmon.
On April 17, 1939, the shipper having signed authorization for the taking of 
final decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSOW, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.