9385, Adulteration of tomato catsup.     V. S.     *     *      *     v. 284 Cases     *     *     *
of   Tomato   Catsup.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No.  14408.    I. S. No. 4921-t.    S. No.  C-2776.)
On March 3, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a' report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 284 cases, more or less, of tomato catsup, remaining in the 
cases wherein the same were shipped, at Peoria, Ill., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about December 19, 1918, by H. N. Weller & Co., 
Almont, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of 
Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part, " Blue Ribbon Brand Catsup."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable 
substance.
On May 23, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was'entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that  the product  be  destroyed  by  the  United   States  marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.