1#800. Adulteration. of tomato catsup.    U. S. v. r*\ Cases of Tomato Catsup.?
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   fox-feittire,   and   destruction.
(P. & D. No. 14777.    I. S. No. 6601-t.    S. No. E-3313.)
On April 12, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut,?
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 1\ cases of tomato catsup, remaining unsold in the original unbroken pack??
ages at Bridgeport, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about?
December 2,1920, by the Ellis Canning Co., Angola, N. Y., and transported from?
the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration?
in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Suc??
cess Tomato Catsup Packed by The Ellis Canning Co. Angola, N. Y. Superior?
-Quality."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea??
son that it consisted wholly or in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid vege??
table substance.
On July 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.
(1 W. PUQSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
S. R. A.—Chem. Suppl. 147.