1527?. Adulteration of tomato catsup. V. S. v. 36 Cases, et al., of Tomato 
Catsup. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 21916, 21930, 21931, 21932. I. S. Nos. 13376-x, 
13378-x, 13379-x, 13380-x.    S.'Nos. E-6133, E-6137, E-6138, E-6140.)
On or about May 12, May 20, and May 21, 1927, respectively, the United 
States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting upon reports by the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 106 cases and 350 bottles 
of tomato catsup, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the E. A. Ransing Sons, or by 
the E. A. Ransing Sons, trading as the Lancaster Vinegar Co., Lancaster, Pa., 
on or about May 4, 1927, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into 
the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Ransing Daisy Brand Tomato 
Catsup   *    *    *    E. A. Ransing Sons, Lancaster, Pa., L. V. Co."      i%
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On June 23, June 28, and June 29, 1927, respectively, no claimant having 
appeared for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the 
United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.