2803.?Adulteration of tomato catsup.   U. S. v. Banner Canning Co.   Plea of guilty.   Fine,
$100 and costs.   (F. & D. No. 2793.   I. S. No. 11328-c.)
On March 14, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District of Utah, 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 Banner Canning Co., a corporation, Ogden,?
Utah, alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on?
or about October 26, 1910, from the State of Utah into the State of Washington, of a?
quantity of tomato catsup which was adulterated. The product was labeled: "Tyee?
Brand Choice Table Catsup Packed for Powell-Sanders Co., Spokane, Wash."
Microscopical examination of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this Department showed the following results: Watery consistency; iodin reaction,?
quite marked; Lagerheim test, very marked; bacteria (bacilli), 280,000,000 per cc;?
considerable mold and mold spores. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the?
information for the reason that it consisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid?
animal and vegetable substances.
On September 12,1912, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the infor??
mation and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs of $18.61.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February S, 1914.
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