S\  & D. No.  3B9&.
S. No. 1318.	
Issued October 24, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY*
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1725.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of tie Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF TOMATO CATSUP.
On March 20, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Southern?
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis??
trict a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 90 crates, each con??
taining one-half dozen jugs, purporting to contain tomato catsup,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages in the posses??
sion of Jobst Bethard Co., a corporation, Peoria, 111., alleging that?
the product had been shipped on or about October 3, 1911, by the?
Frazier Packing Co., Elwood, Ind., and transported from the State?
of Indiana into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled:?
(On crates) " 1-2 doz. jugs, Frazier Non-preservative catsup. The?
Frazier Packing Company Elwood Ind." (On jugs) "Fraziers?
High grade tomato catsup   The Frazier Packing Co. Elwood, Ind."
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that the prod??
uct consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid?
vegetable substance and substances, and said product contained ex??
cessive bacteria and excessive yeasts and spores and mold filaments.
On May 21, 1912, no claimant having appeared for the property,?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was?
further ordered that the 89^ crates of the product that had been?
seized should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture,
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 8, 19W.
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