33138. Adulteration of canned salmon. 17. S. v. P. C. Barnes Co. Plea of 
guilty.     Fine, $100.     (P. & D. No. 19255.     I. S. Nos. 11485-v, 11490-v.)
On January 23, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the F. C. Barnes Co., a corporation, organized under the laws of Oregon and 
having a representative at Seattle, Wash., alleging shipment by said com- 
pany, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about August 14, 1923, 
from the Territory of Alaska into the State of Washington, of quantities of 
canned salmon which was adulterated. A portion of the article was labeled 
in part: (Can) "Dollar Brand Alaska Pink Salmon * * * Packed For 
F. C. Barnes Co. Of Portland, Oregon." The remainder of the said article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Red Seal Salmon."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 144 cans 
from the Dollar brand salmon and of 96 cans from the Red Seal brand sal- 
mon showed that 52 cans and 35 cans, respectively, or 36.1 per cent and 36.4 
per cent, respectively, of those examined, were decomposed
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid 
animal substance.
On March 2, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on be- 
half of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
R. W. DTJWXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.