19092. Adulteration of canned tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 85 Cases of Tomato
Catsup.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 27045.    I.  S. No. 21634.    S. No. 5276.)
Samples of canned 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 Southern District of California.
On October 6, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 85 cases of canned tomato catsup, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Pacific Coast Canners (Inc.), from Ogden, Utah, on or about October 22, 1930, 
and had been transported from the State of Utah into the State of California, 
and charging adulteratioin in violation of the food and drugs act.   The article 
was labeled in part: (Cases and cans) "Red Mount Brand Standard Tomato 
Catsup Made from Trimmings of Sound Ripe Tomatoes Contents 6 Lbs. 10 Oz. 
packed and guaranteed by National Packing Corporation, Ogden, Utah, U. S. A." 
Adulteration was alleged in the libel in that the product consisted in part 
of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 3, 1931, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHXTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.