25754. Adulteration of tomato ketchup.     IT.  S. v. 6 Gases of Tomato Ketchup.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 36893, 
Sample no. 44041-B.)
This case involved tomato ketchup that contained excessive mold.
On December 27, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of six cases of tomato 
ketchup  at Brockton,  Mass.,  alleging that the article  had been  shipped in
interstate commerce on or about September 30, 1935, by the Brockton Preserv- 
ing Co. from Brockton, N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Brockton Brand To- 
mato Ketchup    *    *    *    Brockton Preserving Co., Brockton, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 20, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.