13540.  Adulteration of tomato catsup.    V.  S. v. J> Cases  of Tomato Catsup. 
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 19227.     I. S. No. 17092-v.     S. No. E-5038.)
On December 10, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in' 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 9 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Moundsville, W. Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by D. Rizzo, Albion, N. Y., on or about August 2, 1924, and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of West Virginia, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Page Brand Tomato Catsup Packed by Thomas Page, Albion, N. Y., 
U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On May 26, 1925, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.