19800. Adulteration of catsup.    U. S. v. 158 Cases of Catsup.    Default de¬
cree   of  destruction   entered.     (F. &  D.   No.   27764.    I.  S.  No.   37389. 
S. No. 5850.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of tomato catsup, 
samples of which were found to contain excessive mold.
On February 23, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 158 cases of catsup, remaining in the original 
packages at Chillicothe, Ohio. It was alleged in the libel that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce by the Shirley Canning Co., from Shirley, 
Ind., to Chillicothe, Ohio, on or about January 27, 1932, and that it was 
adulterated in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: (Cans) "Shirley Brand Fancy Catsup * * * Shirley Canning Co. 
Shirley, Indiana."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 7, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment was 
entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENET A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.