16524. Adulteration of  tomato  catsup.     U.  S. v.  46  Cases  of   Tomato  Catsup.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 23391.    I. S. No. 04713.    S. No. 1578.)
On February 9, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Texas, 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 46 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the original 
packages at Quanah, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Mid-Mountain Canning Co., from Bentonville, Ark., on or about September 
29, 1928, and transported from the State of Arkansas into the State of Texas, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Cans) "Mid-Mountain Brand Tomato Catsup * * * 
Packed by Mid-Mountain Fruit Co., Bentonville, Ark."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On June 6, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.