25210. Adulteration of tomato ketchup.     IT. S. v. 15 Cases of Tomato Ketchup.
Consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D.
no. 35822.    Sample no. 26885-B.)
This case involved a shipment of tomato ketchup which was filthy, decom- 
posed, and putrid by reason o? the presence of insects.
On July 30, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Hawaii, acting 
on a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 15 cases of tomato ketchup at Paia, 
Maui, Territory of Hawaii, alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about July 17, 1935, by Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd., from 
Ran Francisco, Calif., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Tomato Ketchup Net Weight' 
Fourteen ozs. as. Pratt-Low Preserving Company, General Office Santa Clara, 
California, U. S. A. Distributors."
The article was alleged to be adulterated for the reason that it consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, putrid animal or vegetable substance 
in that it was infested with insects.
On August 15,1935, the Maui Agricultural Co., Ltd., owners of the Paia Store, 
Paia, Maui, Hawaii, having appeared as claimants for the product, through 
their agent, Alexander & Baldwin, a corporation, and having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and consented to entry of judgment, a decree of condemnation 
and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREMQ, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.   .