13619. Adulteration of canned salmon,     V. S. v. Alaska Consolidated Can 
neries.     Plea  of Ruilty.     Fine.  $250.     (F.  & D.  No.   19274.     I.   S.  Nos. 
5861-v,  6118-v,  6120-v,  6252-v,  9780-v.)
On May 28, 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 Alaska Consolidated Canneries, a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging 
shipment by said company, under the name of the Kelley-Clarke Co.. Seattle, 
Wash., in violation of the food and drugs act, in various consignments, namely, 
on or about October 12 and 14 and November 9, 1922, respectively, from the 
State of Washington into the State of Texas, and on or about December 8, 
1922, from the State of Washington into the State of Alabama, of quantities- of 
salmon which was adulterated.    The article was labeled in part, variously:
(Can) " Sambo Brand Chum Salmon * * * Packed In Alaska By South- 
ern Alaska Canning Co., Seattle, Wash."; "Action Brand Pink Salmon"; 
" Hobby Brand Pink Salmon Packed In Alaska By Southern Alaska Canning 
Co."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of samples 
from the different consignments showed from 10 per cent to 30 per cent of 
decomposed salmon.
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 June 15, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $250.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.