22689. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    U. S. v. Francis H. Leggett & Co.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.    (F. & D. no. 31406.    Sample no. 8027-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of tomato catsup which con- 
tained excessive mold.
On May 11, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Francis H. Leggett & Co., a corporation, Landisville, 
N. J., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about July 1, 1932, from the State of New Jersey into the State of 
New York, of a quantity of tomato catsup which was adulterated. The article 
was labeled in part: " Unicorn * * * Tomato Catsup * * * Francis 
H. Leggett & Co. Distributors, New York."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole and in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On July 2, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M.  L.  WILSON,  Acting  Secretary  of Agriculture.