NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1054.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF COMPOUND CATSUP.
On May 15, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed information in the District Court of the United States 
for said district against Fred C. Edler, doing business as the Huss- 
Edler Preserve Co., alleging shipment by him, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 15, 1910, from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Missouri, of a quantity of compound 
catsup which was adulterated. The said product was labeled: 
" From Huss-Edler Preserve Company, 75 and 77 West Kinzie Street, 
New Numbers 612 to 622 same location, Chicago. To H. A. Woer- 
man, St. Louis, Mo. Compound Catsup Contains 1/10 of 1% Ben- 
zoate of Soda.    Sweetened with Saccharin.    Via. C. & A."
An examination, by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States De- 
partment of Agriculture, showed the following results: Yeasts and 
spores 83 per one-sixtieth cmm., bacteria 120,000,000 per cc, molds 
in about 35 per cent of the fields; and that the pulp from which the 
product is made is largely from apple or some similar fruit and not 
tomato. Adulteration was therefore alleged for the reason that said 
product consisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance, as disclosed 
by the aforesaid examination.
On June 1, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and a fine of $200 
was imposed.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 9, 1911.
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