3373.?Adulteration of tomato catsup.    V. S. v. 10 Cases     *     *     *     Adulter?
ated Tomato Catsup.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 5495.     I. S. No. 3034-h.    S. No. 2059.)
On December 18, 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 for the seizure and condemnation?
of 10 cases, each containing six 1-gallon bottles of adulterated tomato catsup,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Portland, Oreg., alleging?
that the product had been shipped on or about November 15 [5], 1913, and trans??
ported from the State of California into the State of Oregon, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The shipping containers?
were branded: " 6 only?1 gal. C. Z. E. Pkrs. Flint Red Rose Brand Catsup "?
(Top of case) " Glass With Care M. M. C. Co. Portland, Or." Bach of the bottles?
in said cases was branded: "Red rose (Picture of rose) Catsup Put up by?
Lewis Packing Co., San Francisco, Cal. Prepared from Fresh Ripe Tomatoes?
without Fermentation. Not Artificially Colored. Made from Whole Ripe To??
matoes. Flavored and Preserved with Sugar, Glucose, Salt, Vinegar, Pure?
spices and One-fifth of one per cent Benzoate of Soda."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that said?
catsup consisted in whole or in part of filthy, decomposed, and [or] putrid vege??
table 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?
instructions of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and usual in?
such cases.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914-