19134. Adulteration of tomato catsup.     TJ. S. v. 37 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 27275.    I. S. No. 31675.    S. No. 5455.)
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 Western District of Texas.
On November 23, 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 37 cases of tomato catsup at El Paso, Tex., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about October 31, 1930, by the Wm. 
Craig Canning Co., from Ogden, Utah, and had been transported in interstate 
commerce from the State of Utah into the State of Texas, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Case) "Royal Brand Tomato Catchup Wm. Craig Canning Co. 
Ogden, Utah;" (can) "Craig's Royal Brand Tomato Catchup Made from 
Trimmings Packed by Wm. Craig, Ogden, Utah."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed, putrid vegetable substance and was wholly 
inedible; and for the further reason that a substance, an inedible product, 
had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
On February 6, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.