NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2423.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U. S. v. 600 Cases of Catsup.    Decree ©f condemnation by consent.    Goods
ordered destroyed.
ADULTERATION  OF  CATSUP.
On June 14, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 600 cases, each 
containing 24 10-ounce bottles of catsup, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages and in the possession of the Ryley-Wilson 
Grocer Co., Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the product had been 
shipped on or about January 27, 1912, by the National Pickle & Can- 
ning Co., Keokuk Pickle Co. Branch, Keokuk, Iowa, a corporation, 
and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of Missouri, 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
product was labeled: (On cases) "2 doz. 10 oz. Montrose Brand 
Champagne Tomato Catsup, Keokuk Pickle Co., Keokuk, Iowa" 
" Contains 1/10 of 1% Benzoate of Soda ". (On bottles) " Montrose 
Brand Tomato Catsup (Design of red tomato) Prepared from Pure 
Ripe Tomatoes, Preserved with 1/10 of 1% Benzoate of Soda. Spices, 
Sugar, Salt and Grain Vinegar. National Pickle & Canning Co., 
Keokuk Pickle Co., Branch, Keokuk, Iowa."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and 
putrid vegetable substance, containing yeast, spores, and bacteria. 
On January 23, 1913, the said National Pickle & Canning Co., claim-
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ant, having entered its appearance, admitted the allegations of the 
libel, and consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it was further ordered that the product 
should be destroyed by the United States marshal, and that upon 
payment of all costs by said claimant the empty bottles and cases 
that had contained the product should be returned to said claimant.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10, 1913.
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