3533. Adulteration of tomato catsup. TJ. S. v. 10 Cases, More or Less, of Tomato Catsup.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. &. D. No. 5481. T. S.?
No. 5109-h.   S. No. 2053.)
Oa December 17, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court of?
said District, holding a district court, a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 10?
cases, each containing 2 dozen 10-ounce bottles of tomato catsup, remaining unsold?
in the original unbroken packages at Washington, D. C, alleging that the product?
had been transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the District of Columbia,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Each of the cases?
was labeled in part: "2 doz. 10 oz. Crubro Ketchup. Cruikshank Bros. Co., Pitts??
burgh, Pa., TJ. S. A." Each of the bottles was labeled in part: "Crubro Tomato?
Ketchup Made from fresh ripe tomatoes, pure spices, sugar, vinegar and salt. Not?
artificially preserved or colored.    Cruikshank Bros. Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. TJ. S. A."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was in a?
filthy and decomposed condition.
On November 18, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., January 13, 1915.
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