18418. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 131 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 25884.    I. S. Noa. 19677, 19679.    S. No. 4146.)
Samples of tomato catsup from the shipment herein described having been 
found to contain excessive mold, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
On or about March 19, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 131 cases of tomato catsup at Dallas, Tex., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Frazier Packing Co., from Elwood, Ind., 
on or about September 26, 1930, and had been transported from the State of 
Indiana into the State of Texas, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Frazier's 
Fancy Superfine Tomato Catsup.'.'
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 15, 1931, 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. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.