NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2187.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF TOMATO CATSUP.
On July 12, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District of 
New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an 
information against the B. S. Ayars & Sons Co., a corporation, 
Bridgeton, N. J., alleging shipment by said company, in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 6, 1911, from the 
State of New Jersey into the State of Pennsylvania of a quantity of 
tomato catsup which was adulterated. The product was labeled: 
"Bridgeton Highest Grade Catsup. 1/10 of 1% Benzoate of Soda, 
Bridgeton Preserving Co., Bridgeton, N. J. This catsup is made of 
choice tomatoes, the finest spices, onions, distilled vinegar, granu- 
lated sugar, salt and prepared with 1/10 of 1% Benzoate of Soda."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Yeasts and spores, 
65 per one-sixtieth cubic millimeter; bacteria, 60,000,000 per cubic 
centimeter; molds in 73 per cent of the microscopic fields. Adul- 
teration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and 
putrid vegetable substance, that is to say, tomatoes containing 
yeasts, spores, bacteria, and molds.
On October 15, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of 
guilty to the information and the court imposed a fine of $50.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON; D. C, January 8,1913.
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