14957.?Adulteration   of   tomato   catsup.     U.   S.   v.   1,000   Cases   of   Tomato
Catsup. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product or??
dered destroyed. (F. & D. No. 21531. I. S. No. 14434-x. S. No.?
C-5300.)
On January 13, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure?
and condemnation of 1,000 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by the Alexandria Packing Corp., from Alexandria, Ind., November 12. 1926,?
and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Illinois,. and?
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article?
was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Red Crown Brand Tomato Catsup Packed By?
Alexandria Packing Corp. Alexandria, Ind.    Not Artificially Colored."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was adulterated, in?
that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub??
stance.
On March 19, 1927, the Alexandria Packing Co., Alexandria, Ind., having?
appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the material?
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United?
States marshal and that the cases, containers, and fittings be delivered to the?
said claimant.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.