24296. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    IT.  S. v.  149  Cases  and  54%   Cases
of Tomato Catsup.    Default deerees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. nos. 34527, 34563.    Sample nos. 25549-B, 25557-B.)
These cases involved tomato catsup which was found to contain excessive 
mold.
On December 7 and December 14, 1934, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Wisconsin, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 
203% cases of tomato catsup at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 29, 1934, by 
the Snider Packing Corporation, from Fairmont, Ind., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Snider Catsup * * * Snider Packing Corporation General Office, Roch- 
ester N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 31, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,