P. & D. No. 2429.
S. No. 849.	
Issued July 13,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 922, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF TOMATO CATSUP.
On or about October 24, December 8, and December 27, 1910, A.?
C. Soper & Co., New York City, shipped into the State of Massachu??
setts three consignments of tomato catsup, aggregating 30 barrels.?
The first of these consignments was shipped from the State of New?
York, the second from the State of Pennsylvania, and the third from?
the State of New Jersey. Samples from these shipments were pro??
cured, analyzed, and examined microscopically by the Bureau of?
Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and the product?
was found to contain yeasts and spores 70 per one-sixtieth cmm.?
bacteria 165,000,000 per cc, with mold filaments present in 75 per?
cent of the microscopic fields examined. As it appeared from the?
findings of the analyst and report thereon that the product was?
adulterated within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June?
30, 1906, and liable to seizure under section 10 of the act, the Secre??
tary of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney?
for the District of Massachusetts.
On February 13, 1911, a libel was filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district against the said 30 barrels of tomato?
catsup, charging the above shipments and alleging that the product?
so shipped was adulterated because it consisted in part of a filthy,?
decomposed, and putrid animal or vegetable substance, and praying?
seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of the product.
On March 9, 1911, the cause came on for hearing and no claimant?
to the product having appeared or answer having been hied to the?
allegations of the above libel, the court, being fully informed in the?
premises, issued its decree, condemning and forfeiting the product to?
the use of the United States for the cause alleged in said libel and?
ordering that the product be destroyed by the marshal of said dis??
trict.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 27, 1911.
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