617. Adulteration of   tomato   catsup.     IT.   S.   v.   60   Cases   of   Tomato   Catsup.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. D. C. No.
1609.    Sample No. 56484-D.)
On or about March 9, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of Texas filed a libel against 60 cases of tomato catsup at Houston, Tex., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
January 17, 1940, by the Independent Grocers Alliance Distributors, Inc., 
from Alameda, Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled 
in part: "Much More Brand Tomato Catsup * * * Packed for Food 
Products Co., of America, General Offices, Chicago, Ill."
On April 16, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment* of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.