12403. Adulteration of   tomato   catsup.    U.   S.   v.   19%   Cases   of   Tomato
Catsup.      Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 18712.    I.  S. No. 16129-v.    S. No. E-4854.)
On May 2, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 19% cases of tomato catsup remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Reading, Pa., consigned by the Thomas Page Canning 
Co., Albion, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from Albion, N. Y., 
on or about March 11, 1924, and transported from the State of New York into 
the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Royal Kitchen Brand 
* * * Tomato Catsup * * * Packed By Thomas Page Canning Cor- 
poration Albion, N. Y., U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On June 24, 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, Secretary of Agriculture.