3362.?Adulteration of tomato catsup and puree.    U. S. v. 16 Barrels, 6 Half
Barrels, 12 Quarter Barrels, 2 Kegs, and 28 Cases of Adulterated?
Catsup, and 15 Cases of Puree. Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. JT438. I. S. Nos. 3025-h,?
3026-h.     S. No. 2018.)
On November 19, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon,
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court
of the United States for said district a libel, and on November 20, 1913, an
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[July, 1914.
amended libel, for the seizure and condemnation of 16 barrels, 6 half barrels,?
12 quarter barrels, 2 kegs, and 28 cases, each of said cases containing 12 1-gallon?
cans of adulterated catsup, and 15 cases, each contining 12 1-gallon cans of?
adulterated purge, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Port??
land, Oreg., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about November?
14, 1913, and transported from the State of California into the State of Oregon,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The catsup?
was labeled: " Tomato Catsup?Contains 3/10 of 1? Benzoate of Soda." The?
puree was not labeled.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the amended libel for the reason?
that said catsup and said puree consisted in whole or in part of filthy, decom??
posed, and [or] putrid vegetable substance.
On February 26, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be dealt with or destroyed in conformity with?
the instructions of the Secretary of Agriculture and usual in such cases.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914.