18121. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 35 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default  decree  of condemnation.    Product  released under bond.
(F. & D. No. 25918.    I. S. Nos. 8896, 28127.    S. No. 4063.)
Samples of tomato catsup from the shipments herein described having been 
found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
On February 16,1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 35 cases of tomato catsup in part at Charleroi, Pa., and in part at 
Uniontown, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 
6, 1930, by the Frazier Packing Co., from Elwood, Ind., to Charleroi and Union- 
town, Pa., and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Fox Brand Tomato Catsup."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
partly of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 31, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.