29911. Adulteration of tomato  catsup.     IT.  S. v. 174 Cases of Catsup.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.  (F. & D. No. 44225.    Sample No. 
4292 7-D.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On October 25, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 174 cases of 
catsup at Pittsburgh, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about April 2, 1938, by the Farm King Packing Co., 
Inc., from Fredonia, N. Y.; and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Farm King Tomato 
Catsup."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of 
a decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 12, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.