24476. Adulteration of tomato catsup. U. 8. v. 244 Cases of Catsup. Consent 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 35124. Sample 
no. 11964-B.)
This case involved a shipment of tomato catsup that contained excessive mold 
and was worm-infested.
On February 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure of 244 cases of catsup at Denver, Colo., consigned by the 
Snider Packing Corporation, from Fairmount, Ind., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about September 28, 1934, from the State of Indiana into 
the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Catsup * * * Snider Packing 
Corporation   *    *    *   Rochester, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 21,1935, the Snider Packing Corporation, claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.