6924. Adulteration of tomato catsup. U. S. * * * v. 1,G50 Cases of To??
mato Catsup. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product ordered released on bond. (P. & D. No. 9411. I. S. No.?
14313-r.     S.  No.   E-1146.)
On October 25, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
New York, 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
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condemnation of 1,650 cases, each containing 6 cans of tomato catsu"p, consigned?
on September 26, 1918, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at?
Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the W. H. Dyer?
Co., Evansvillc, Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the State?
of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The article was labeled in part, " W. H. Dyer's Own'Pack Brand Tomato?
Catsup."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in part of a filthy decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 23, 1919, the said W. H. Dyer Co., claimant, having consented to a?
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product should be released to said claimant upon?
the payment of the costs of the proceedings, and the execution of a bond in the?
sum of $2000* in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.