12851. Adulteration  of tomato  catsup.     TJ.  S. v.  10  Cases  and  15  Cases  of
Tomato Catsup. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 18807, 18824. I. S. Nos. 18277-v, 18278-v, 
18437-v.    S. Nos. C-4032, C-4033.)
?On June 26, and July 9, 1924, respectively, the United States attorney for 
the .Southern District of Ohio, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels 
praying the seizure and condemnation of 25 cases of tomato catsup, at Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, consigned by Lutz & Schramm, in part from Allegheny, Pa., May 
17, 1924, and in part from Pittsburgh, Pa., June 20, 1924, alleging that the 
article had been transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State 
of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Guaranteed Pure 'Food Products 
of Quality' L & S Tomato Catsup * * * Lutz & Schramm Co Pittsburgh, 
Pa. U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On October 20, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.-