24445* Adulteration of canned mackerel. U. S. v. 23 Cases of Canned Mackerel. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 35031. 
Sample no. 12783-B.)
This case involved canned mackerel that was in part decomposed.
On February 6, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 23 cases of canned 
mackerel at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about January 17, 1935, by Howard Terminal, from 
Oakland, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Best Ever Brand Prime Catch Fresh 
Mackerel   *    *    *   Certified Sea Foods Corp.,  San Francisco, Distributors."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On March 11, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.