12388. Adulteration of tomato catsup. XJ. S. v. 12 Cases of Toiuato Catsup. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 16763.    I. S. No. 1502-T.    S. NO. E-4135.)
On August 25, 1922, the United States attorney for the.District of Rhode 
Island, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Oourt of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 12 cases of tomato catsup remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Providence, B. I., consigned by the S. J. Van Lill Co., Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped from Baltimore, Md., on or 
about July 17, 1922, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State 
of Rhode Island, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs- 
act. The article was labeled in part: "Astoria Brand Tomato Catsup * * * 
S. J. Van Lill Co. Packers Baltimore, Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On May 23, 1924, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.