13738. Adulteration   of   tomato   ketchup.    U.   S.   v.   35   Cases   of   Tomato
Ketchup.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 20117.    I. S. No. 24545-v.    S. No. B-5329.)
On June 13, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
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 35 cases of tomato ketchup, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New Haven, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by W. N. Clark Co., Rochester, N. Y., on or about August 6, 1924, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " W. N. Clark Co.   Tomato Ketchup.   Contents 7 Lbs."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On August 19, 1925, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.