10613. Adulteration of catsujp.     V. S. v. 16 Caseis of Catsup.    Default decx-ee
of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F. & D.  No.  23837. 
I. S. No. 08042.    S. No. 2045.)
On June 2T, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of | 
Pennsylvania, 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 15 cases of catsup, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Chester, Pa., consigned by W. M. Harris & Sons, Wyoming, Del., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Wyoming, Del., on or about - 
May 28, 1929, and transported from the State of Delaware into the State of | 
Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs I 
act. The article was labeled in part: " Harris' Star Brand Sweet Catsup 1 
*    *    *    Packed by W. M. Harris & Sons, Wyoming, Delaware." 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted | 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance, an exajnma- \ 
tion of a sample of the article showing the presence of mold. 
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On July IC, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 1 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court i 
that the product be destroyed by the United Sit'ates marshal. 
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ARTHUR M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture,    f