19433. Adulteration of tomato catsup. IT. S. v. Earle M. Rush (Rush Can¬ ning: Co.). Plea of gmllty. Fine, $10. (F. & D. No. 26596. I. S. Nos. 14253, 19667.) This action involved the interstate shipment of quantities of tomato catsup which was found to contain excessive mold. On August 22, 1931, the United States attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against Earle M. Rush, trading as the Rush Canning Co., Bentonville, Ark., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about September 19, 1930, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Texas, and on or about October 8, 1930, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Kansas, of quantities of tomato catsup that was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: " Queen's Taste Brand Catsup * * * Packed by Rush Canning Co., Principal Office, Washburn, Mo." It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in whole and in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid vegetable substance. On September 1, 1931, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- tion, and the court imposed a fine of $10. AETHTTE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.