4066. Adulteration of catsup.   U.S. *   *  * v. 8 Cases of Catsup.   Default decree of condem??
nation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. & D. No. 5&28.   I. S. No. 3376-h.   S. No. E-10.)
On March 13, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 8 cases, each?
containing two dozen bottles of catsup, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Bridgeport, Conn., alleging that the product had been shipped during?
the month of January, 1914, and transported from the State of West Virginia into the?
State of Connecticut, the shipment arriving on or about January 31, 1914, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The cases were labeled: "2?
Dozen number 10 Champion Brand Catsup, preserved with 1/10 of 1 per cent benzoate?
of soda, prepared for the E. C. Flaccus Company, Wheeling, West Virginia," "91014,?
1-31-14." The bottles were labeled: "The Champion Brand Catsup, prepared from?
tomatoes, spice, sugar, onions, salt, vinegar & garlic. Preserved with 1/10 of 1 per?
cent benzoate of soda. The Champion Preserving Company, Wheeling, W. Va,, The?
E. C. Flaccus Company, Proprietors."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that said product?
consisted, in whole or in part, of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 3, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 17, 191$.
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