19320. Ad-alteration of tomato catsup.    TJ. S. v. 100 Cases, et al., of Tomato
Catsup.     Default  decree  of  destruction.      (F.  & D. No.  27067.    I.   S. 
Nos. 40294, 40295.    S. No. 5307.)
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 Minnesota.
On October 12, 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 150 cases of tomato catsup, remaining in the original and 
unbroken packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about November 17, 1930, by the Utah Canning Co., from Ogden, 
Utah, and had been transported in interstate commerce from the State of Utah 
into the State of Minnesota, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: (Can) "Pioneer 
Brand Tomato Catsup * * * The Utah Canning Company, Ogden, Utah." 
The remainder of the article was labeled in part: (Can) "Temple Brand 
Tomato Catsup made from trimmings The Utah 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 unfit for food.
On February 9, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.