G058. Adulteration of catsup, TT. S. * * * v. 400 Cases of Catsup. De??
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 9454.     I. S. No. 10801-r.     S. No, C-1008.)
On November 15, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas,?
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 condemna??
tion of 400 cases, each containing 24 bottles of catsup, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Topeka, Kans., alleging that the article had?
been shipped on or about December 22, 1917, and transported from the State of?
Indiana into the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Royal Red?
Tomato Catsup Prepared by the Frazier Packing Co. Elwood, Ind."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable^ substance so packed?
and mixed therewith as to injure, lower, and affect its quality, purity, and?
strength.
On May 23, 1919, 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.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.