9394. Adulteration of tomato  catsup.     V.  S.     *     *     *     v.  998  Cases  of  To¬
mato Catsup. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 14092.     I. S. Nos. 5728-t, 5821-t.     S. No. E-2941.)
On December 20, 1920, 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 the seizure 
and condemnation of 998 cases of tomato catsup, at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about September 24, 1920, by Thomas 
Page, Albion, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the 
State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. A portion of the product was labeled, " Royal Kitchen Brand 
Tomato Catsup," and the balance was labeled, " Page Brand Tomato Catsup."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On June 1, 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, and that the con- 
tainers thereof be salvaged, in so far as possible, and sold.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.