19014. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    IT. S. v. 40 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
26864.    I. S. No. 22715.    S. No. 5056.)
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 District of Montana.
On August 17, 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 40 cases of tomato catsup at Butte, Mont., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Pleasant Grove Canning Co., from Pleasant 
Grove, Utah, on or about September 27,1930, and had been transported from the 
State of Utah into the State of Montana, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act The article was labeled in part: "Pleasant 
Grove Brand made from whole tomatoes and trimming Catsup * * * 
Packed by Pleasant Grove Canning Co., Pleasant Grove Orem, Utah."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 9, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.