19246. Adulteration of tomato catsup. U. S. v. 220 Cases of Tomato Catsup. 
Default    decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 27256.    I. S. No. 17189.    S. No. 5431.)
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 20, 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 220 cases of tomato catsup at Waco, Tex., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the W. Craig Canning Co., from Ogden, Utah, 
on or about September 26, 1931, and had been transported 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: (Can) "Regal Brand 
Tomato Catsup   *    *    *   Wm. Craig Canning Co., Ogden, 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 December 22, 1931, 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.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.