13036. Adulteration of tomato catsup. V. S. v. 68 Cases of Brooks Tomato 
Catsup. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 18445. ' I. S. No. 9223-v. S. No. 
C-4311.)
On March 4, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District ,of 
Ohio, 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 68 cases of tomato catsup, at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Brooks Tomato Products Co., from Shirley, 
Ind., on or about October 31, 1923, and transported from the State of Indiana 
into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Brooks Tomato Catsup * * * 
M'f'g. By Brooks Tomato Products Co., Collinsville, Ill."
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 sub- 
stance.
On June 4, 1924, the Brooks Tomato Products Co., Collinsville, Ind., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product might be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $300, in conformity with section 10 of the act.      
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.