20401. Adulteration of canned tomato catsup.    IT. S. v. 347 Cases of Tomato
Catsup.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. no. 28255.   I. S. no. 53688.   S. no. 6115.)
This action was based on the shipment of a quantity of canned tomato catsup, 
samples of which were found to contain excessive mold.
On April 29, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 347 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Tyler, Tex., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about November 24, 1931, by the Currie 
Canning Co., from Grand Junction, Colo., to Tyler, Tex., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Cans) "Colorado Columbine Brand Tomato Catsup Packed by the Currie 
Canning Co., Grand Junction, Colorado."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On October 14, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEUL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.