16712. Adulteration and Misbranding of catsup. V. S. v. 24% Cases of 
Catsup. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 23874.    I. S. No. 07657.    S. No. 2057.)
On July 3, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, 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 24% cases of catsup, and on July 12, 1929, an amendment to 
the said libel praying seizure of 2 additional cases of the product. It was 
alleged in the libel as amended that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce by W. M. Harris & Sons, Wyoming, Del., on or about April 10, 1929, 
from the State of Delaware into the State of Louisiana, that it remained in 
the original unbroken shipment at New Orleans, La., and that it was adulter- 
ated and misbranded in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Harris Star Brand Hot Catsup Packed by W. M. Harris & 
Sons    *    *    *   Wyoming, Delaware."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance, and 
for the further reason that it was colored in a maimer whereby inferiority was 
concealed. 
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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " Catsup " was 
false and-misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On September 20, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.