9428. Adulteration of tomato catsup. U. S. * * * v. 80 Cases of To¬ mato Catsup. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- struction. (F. & D. No. 14619. I. S. No. 3225-t. S. No. C-2862.) On March 10, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 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 80 cases of tomato catsup, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about November 30, 1920, by the J. T. Polk Co., Mound City, Ill., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Califo Brand Fancy Tomato Catsup." Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- sisted in whole or in large part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable substance. On April 29, 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. C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.