18810. Adulteration of catsnp. V. S. v. 71 Gases of Catsup. Default 
decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture   entered.     (F.   &   D.   No.
25638.    I. S. No. 10857.    S. No. 3898.)
Samples of 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 Southern District of Illinois.
On January 6, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 71 cases of catsup, remaining in the original packages at Decatur, 
111., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Frazier Packing Co., 
Elwood, Ind., on or about October 11, 1930, and had been transported from the 
State of Indiana into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Bottles) 
" Golden Drip Net Cont. 8 Oz. Fancy Tomato Catsup."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On September 18, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, and 
the court having found that the allegations of the libel were true and that the 
product was subject to forfeiture to the United States, judgment was entered 
ordering that the said product be condemned and forfeited.
ARTHTOB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.