20405. Adulteration of   canned   salmon.     V.   S.   v.   925   Cases   of   Canned
Salmon. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond.     (F. & D. no. 29131.    Sample no. 22380-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned salmon, 
samples of which were found to be decomposed.
On October 27, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 925 cases of canned salmon, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 1, 1932, by McGovern & Modern, from 
Seattle, Wash., to Baltimore, Md., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) " McGovern's 
Best Brand Alaska Pink Salmon."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance. 
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On November 10, 1932, the Standard Packing Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,500, conditioned that it be made 
to conform to the Federal Food and Drugs Act, under the supervision of this 
Department, and that it should not be sold or disposed of contrary to the provi- 
sions of said act, and all other laws. It was further ordered that the product 
might be shipped to Seattle, Wash., for disposition in accordance with the 
terms of the decree.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.