13192. Adulteration of tomato catsup. V. S. v. 24 Cases of Tomato Catsup. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 18977.    I. S. No. 2499-v.    S. No. E-4938.)
On September 17, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania 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 24 cases of tomato catsup, at Pittsburgh, Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Thomas Page Canning Co., 
from Albion, N. Y., on or about June 27, 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: " Page 
Brand Tomato Catsup."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed vegetable sub- 
stance.
On December 24, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DTTNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.