13775). Adulteration of tomato ketchup. U. S. v. 45 Cases of Tomato 
Ketchup. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 20130.    I. S. No. 24437-v.    S. No. B-5343.)
On June 22, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, 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 45 cases of tomato ketchup, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Springfield, Mass., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the W. N. Clark Co., from Rochester, N. Y., December 6, 1924, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, 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 September 23, 1925, 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.