13077. Adulteration of tomato ketchup. U. S. v. 16 Dozen Cans, et al., of 
Tomato Ketchup. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 20183.    I. S. Nos. 14169-v, 14170-v.    S. No.
E-5408.) 
On July 9, 1925, the United States attorney for the Middle 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 20 dozen cans of tomato ketchup, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Hanover, Pa., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the W. N. Clark Co., from Rochester, N. Y., on or about 
February 6, 1925, 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: "Tomato Ketchup * * * 
Packed By W. N. Clark Co. Rochester, N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On October 12, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.