21435. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    IT. S. v. 48 Cases of Tomato Catsup.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. no. 30697.    Sample no. 41926-A.)
This case involved a shipment of tomato catsup which contained excessive 
mold.
On July 5, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Idaho, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 48 cases of tomato catsup at Twin Falls, 
Idaho, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on 
or about November 16r 1931, by the Smith Canning Co., from Clearfield, Utah, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Smith Brand Catsup * * * Packed for Smith 
Canning Company. Clearfield, 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 August 2, 1933. no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.