20811. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    XT.  S. sr. 106 Cases of Tomato  Cat- 
sup.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 27910.    I. S. no. 47512.    S. no. 5927.)
This case involved a quantity of tomato catsup that contained excessive 
mold.
On March 11, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
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
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and condemnation of 106 cases of tomato catsup at Omaha, Nebr., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 23, 
1931, by Stokely Bros. Co., from Whiteland, Ind., to Omaha, Nebr., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Ruby Brand * * * Tomato Catsup Fame Canning Company, 
*    *    *    Louisville, Ky."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 15, 1933, 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.
R. G. TUGWEUI, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.