4265.  Adulteration,  aiid'misbranding-  of  catsnp.     V.   S.    *    *    *    v.   10  Kegs-?
0f   *   .*    *   Catsup.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 6659.    I. S. No. 18900-k.    S. No. W-51.)
OH June 24, 1915, 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?
kegs of catsup, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Marsh-?
field, Oreg., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about June 17,?
1915, and transported from the State of California into the State of Oregon,?
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The product was labeled, in part: "Lewis Packing Company Catsup, One?
Fifth of One per cent Benzoate of Soda. San Francisco Tomatoes, Sugar,?
Glucose, Salt, Spices, Vinegar."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted, in whole or in part, of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance; that said substance was badly decomposed and had black rot present?
therein, and was wholly unfit for food.?
??'
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the label on each?
of the packages bore a design, device, and statement regarding said catsup?
which was false and misleading in the following particulars, to wit, that said?
label alleged that the contents of said kegs was catsup, when, in truth and in?
fact, the contents of said kegs was not catsup. It wras further alleged that the?
label and brand of said catsup was so displayed as to deceive and mislead a?
purchaser to believe that the contents of said kegs was catsup.
On September 30, 1915, 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 destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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