3551. Adulteration of tomato ketchup.    IT. S. v. 78 Cases of Ketchup.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 7168. Sample No. 
87158-Ei)
On April 8, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia filed 
a libel against 78 cases, each containing 24 bottles, of tomato ketchup at Wash- 
ington, D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about February 23, 1942, by Hirsch Bros. & Co., Inc., from Louisville, Ky.; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: (Bottles) "14 Oz. Avd. 
Paramount Oyster Hot Ketchup."
On May 8, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.