13220. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 640 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 16758.    I. S. No. 3008-V.    S. No. E-4132.)
On September 1, 1922, tht United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Georgia, 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 640 cases, containing 8-ounce bottles, of tomato catsup, 
remaining unsold in the original packages at Savannah, Ga., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by H. N. Weller & Co., from Richmond, Mich., on or 
about October 22, 1920, and transported from the State of Michigan into the 
State of Georgia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act.   The article was labeled in part: " Red Line Brand Tomato Catsup."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance, 
an analysis of the said product showing the presence of excessive mold.
On February 5, 1923, 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. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.