C774. Adulteration of catsup. U. S. * * * v. 1000 Cases * * * of?
Catsup. Tried to the court and a jury. Verdict for the Govern??
ment. Product ordered destroyed. (F. & D. No 9108. I. S. No.?
9469-p.    S.  No.  C-936.)
On July 26, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
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 con??
demnation of 1000 cases of catsup, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Duluth, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped on or?
about March 29, 1918, by Woods Cross Canning Co., Layton, Utah, and trans??
ported from the State of Utah into the State of Minnesota, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled?
in part, " Woods Cross Brand Catsup * * * Packed by Woods Cross Can??
ning Co., Woods Cross, Utah."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 27, 1919, the case having come on for hearing before the court?
and a jury, after submission of evidence and argument of counsel, the court?
having instructed the jury, they thereupon retired, and after due deliberation?
returned a verdict for the Government, and in accordance with said verdict on?
February 6, 1919, a decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it?
was ordered by the court that the product should be destroyed by the United?
States marshal and that judgment be entered against the Woods Cross Can??
ning Co. for the costs of the proceedings.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.