3824.   Adulteration    of    catsup.       V.    S.    v.    lO    Crates     *     *     *     of    Catsup.?
Consent    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 6258.    I. S. No. 1396~k.    S. No. E-206.)
On February 1, 1915, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for tho seizure?
and condemnation of 10 crates, each containing 6 jugs of catsup, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on or about January 13, 1915, and transported from?
the State of West Virginia into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The crates were labeled:?
'' Ideal Brand Catsup' Preserved with 1/10 of 1? Benzoate of Soda. Prepared?
for Daub Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa." The jugs were labeled: " Preserved with?
one-tenth of one per cent Benzoate of Soda. Contents One Gal. Avd. Tomato?
Catsup Pure Wholesome Delicious Prepared from Tomatoes, Sugar, Vinegar,?
Onions, Salt, Spices and Garlic    Packed for Daub Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
it was composed, in whole or in part, of a partially decomposed vegetable?
product in that it showed yeasts and spores, 200 per one-sixtieth cubic milli??
meter ; bacteria, 400,000,000 per cubic centimeter; mold filaments in 86 per?
cent of the microscopic fields.
On March 1, 1915, Daub Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa., claimants, having consented?
to a decree, 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. C, May 10, 1915.
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