19905 Adulteration of tomato catsup. U. S. v. 83 Cases of Tomato Catsup. 
Default decree of destruction entered. (F. & D. No. 27919. I. S. No. 
47533.    S.  No. 5956.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of canned tomato 
catsup, samples of which were found to contain excessive mold.
On March 17, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, 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 83 cases of tomato catsup at Maryville, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
November 25, 1931, by the Currie Canning Co., from Grand Junction, Colo., 
into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Mesa Brand Tomato Catsup 
Packed by the Currie Canning Co.   Grand Junction, Colorado."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 10,1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree was 
entered adjudging the property to be adulterated, and ordering that it be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.