11109.?Adulteration of tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 7 Cases of Tomato Catsup,
Default decree ordering destruction of the product.     (F. & D. No.
16808.    I.  S. No.  1313-v.    S. No. B5-4172.)
On September 12, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Virginia, 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 7 cases, each containing 6 No. 10 cans, of tomato catsup,?
remaining unsold in the original packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by the S. J. Van Lill Co., Baltimore, Md., on or about?
July 27, 1922, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of?
Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
The article was labeled in part: " Somerset Club Brand Catsup Contents 6?
Lbs. 6 Ozs."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
On November 15, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of the court was entered ordering the destruction of the property by the?
United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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