30458. Adulteration of tomato  catsup.     IT.   S.  v.  69  Cases  of Tomato   Catsup
(and 6 other seizure actions against the same product). Default de- 
crees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 44657, 44658, 44659, 
44695, 44747, 44796, 44981. Sample Nos. 28189-D, 37780-D, 39811-D, 
50544-D, 50549-D, 50580-D, 60911-D, 62520-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain worm and insect fragments.
Between January 11 and March S, 1939, the United States attorneys for 
the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, the District of Oregon, and 
the Southern District of Alabama, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 624 cases of tomato catsup in various lots at Seattle, Yakima, 
and Spokane, Wash., Portland, Oreg., and Mobile, Ala.; alleging that the article 
had been shipped within the period from on or about October 25, 1938, to on or 
about January 9, 1939, by Val Vita Food Products, Inc., in part from Fullerton, 
Calif., and in part from Los Angeles, Calif.; and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   Certain lots were labeled in part: "Val
Vita Brand [or "Monte Rio Brand"] Tomato Catsup * * * Val Vita Food 
Products Inc. Fullerton California." The remaining lot was labeled in part: 
"Nation's Garden Brand Tomato Catsup Packed for Fine Foods Inc. Seattle, 
Minneapolis."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On February 27, March 13, 23, and 24, and April 15, 1939, no claimant having 
appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.