12769. Adulteration of tomato catsup.     U. S. v. 24 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P.
& D. No. 18289.    I. S. No. 12452-v.    S. No. C-4275.)
On February 7, 1924, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 24 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Columbus, Ohio, consigned November 24, 1923, alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Brooks Tomato Products Co., Shirley, 
Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Ohio, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Jug) " M'f'g. By Brooks Tomato Products Co., Collinsville, Ill."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On October 13, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.