19090. Adulteration of tomato catsup.     V. S. v.  100 Cases  of Tomato Cat¬
sup.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 27048.    I. S. No. 21638.    S. No. 5284.)
Samples of tomato catsup from the shipment herein described having been 
found to contain excessive mold, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of California.
On October 7, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 100 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Utah Canning Co., from Ogden, Utah, on or about March 6, 1931, and had been 
transported from the State of Utah into the State of California, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Cans) "Pierce's Tomato Catsup * * *. The Utah Canning Co., 
Ogden, Utah."
It was alleged in the libel that the product consisted in part of a decomposed 
vegetable substance.
On December 3,1931, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.