15397. Adulteration of  tomato  catsup.     TJ.   S.  v.  SOO   Cases   and  340   Cas.
Tomato Catsup.     Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture 
destruction.     (P. & D. Nos. 20090, 20501.    I. S  Nog. 1337-x, 1338-x. 
C-4854.)
On November 10, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern Di 
of Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, fU< 
the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying se 
and condemnation of 640 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the ori 
unbroken packages at Detroit, Mich. Subsequently an amended libel 
filed with reference to 340 cases of the product. It was alleged in the 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by the DeSch 
Canning Co., from Carthage, Ind., into the State of Michigan, on Sept- 
28, 1925, and that it was adulterated in violation of the food and drugs 
The article was labeled in part: " DeSchipper'S Tomato Catsup * 
Packed by DeSchipper Canning Co., Carthage, Ind."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason 
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid veg< 
substance.
On December 16, 1926, the claimant, the DeSchipper Canning Co., h 
failed to appear, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered 
it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed'mby the t 
States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agricult