NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1055.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF TOMATO KETCHUP.
On April 17, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of 
New Jersey, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed information in the District Court of the United States for said 
district against A. C. Soper & Co., alleging shipment, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on September 19, 1910, from the State of 
New Jersey into the State of New York of three barrels of tomato 
catsup which was adulterated. The product was labeled: " L. C. 
Soper & Co., Long Island Brand Ketchup. Made from tomato pulp, 
spices, flour, salt. Preserved with approximately y5 of 1% benzoate 
of soda, New York."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry showed the product to con- 
tain yeasts and spores 107 per one-sixtieth cmm., bacteria estimated 
at 180,000,000 per cc, with mold filaments present in 75 per cent of 
the microscopic fields examined. Adulteration was alleged for the 
reason that said product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, de- 
composed, and putrid vegetable substance; that is to say, tomatoes 
containing yeasts, spores, bacteria, and molds.
On June 5, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of non vult and 
sentence was suspended by the court.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 9, 1911.
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