14831. Adulteration of catsup.     V. S. v.  121 Cases  of Catsup.     Consent de¬
cree   of  condemnation   and  forfeiture.     Product   released  under 
bond.    (F. & D. No. 21237.   I. S. No. 3356-x.    S. No. C-5200.)
On August 18, 1926, the United States attorney for the .District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 121 cases of catsup, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Ziegler 
Canning & Preserving Co., from Muscatine, Iowa, April 9, 1926, and trans- 
ported from the State of Iowa into the State of Minnesota, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Pearl City Catsup * * * Ziegler Canning & Preserving Co. 
Muscatine, Iowa."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On November 11, 1926, the Ziegler Canning & Preserving Co., Muscatine, 
Iowa, having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to 
the forfeiture and condemnation of the product, and the court having found that 
the allegations of the libel were true, a decree was entered, ordering that the 
product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the pro- 
ceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part 
that the good and bad portions be separated under the supervision of this 
department and that it not be sold or disposed of in violation of law.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.
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