13580. Adulteration of tomato catsup. IT. S. v. 1,025 Cases of Tomato 
Catsup. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 19520. I. S. No. 17342-v S No 
E-4968.)
On January 21, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 con- 
demnation of 1,025 cases of tomato catsup, consigned in part on or about 
October 2, 1924, and in part on or about October 8, 1924, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Davis Canning Co., from Laurel, Del., and transported 
from the State of Delaware into the State of Maryland, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Tomato Catsup Packed By The Davis Canning Co. Laurel, Del."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole and in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On July 7, 1925, the Davis Canning Co., Laurel, Del., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having admitted the material allegations of the 
libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be released to the sait&claimant upon payment of the costs 
of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,500, in con- 
formity with section 10 of the act.
It. W; DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.