16608. Adulteration   of itomato   catsup.    TJ.   S.   v.   796   Cartons   of   Tomato \
Catsup.     Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forf eitwi'e,    and   de- >
strnetion.     (F. & D. No, 2S572.    I. S. No. 03297.    S. No. 1773.) \
On April 2, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- \ 
fyivania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- \ 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and \ 
condemnation of 796 cartons of tomato catsup, remaining in the original ran- j 
broken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by W. M. Harris & Son <3o? ] 
Wyoming, Del., alleging that the article had been shipped from Wyoming, Del,, 1 
on or about December 6, 1928, and transported from the State of Delaware into j 
the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food] 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Harris Star Brand Hot { 
Catsup   *    *    *    Packed by W. M. Harris & Sons, Wyoming, Delaware."      ' \
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it eon- \ 
plated in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub-J 
stance, an analy&is of a sample of the product showing that it contained mokM
On July 16, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment! 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court f 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture,