24600. Adulteration of tomato catsup.     U. S. v. 24 Cases and 46 Cases of To¬
mato Catsup.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F.
& D. nos. 35114, 35434.    Sample nos. 21569-B, 21613-B, 30714-B.)
These cases involved shipments of tomato catsup that contained excessive 
mold.
On or about February 8 and April 25, 1935, the United States attorney for 
the District of Connecticut, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 70 cases 
of tomato catsup at Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about January 7 and January 23, 1935, by the 
Red Wing Co., from Fredonia, N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Red Wing Pure 
Tomato Catsup   *   *   *   The Red Wing Company, Inc.   Fredonia, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 7, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.