14851. Adulteration of tomato catsup. U. S. v. 600 Cases of Tomato Cat- 
sup. Portion of product released. Remainder ordered con- 
demned and destroyed, (p. & D. No. 20607. I. S. Nos. 1325-x, 24681-v. 
S. No. C-4852.)
On or about November 16, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, 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 condemnation of 600 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Geo. Van Camp & Sons Co., from Westfield, Ind., September 10, 
1925, and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Michigan, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Can) " Geo. Van Camp's Tomato Catsup, * * * Geo. 
Van Camp & Sons Co., Westfleld, Ind."
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 substance.
On March 25, 1926, the Geo. Van Camp & Sons Co., Westfleld, Ind., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, and the court having found that a portion of the product was flt for 
food, judgment of the court was entered, ordering that the product be con- 
demned, forfeited, and destroyed, with the exception of 192 cases thereof, and 
that the said 192 cases be delivered to the claimant.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.