27196. Adulteration of tomato  catsup.     V.   S.  v.  156  Cases,  et aL,  of Tomato
Catsup.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
nos.   39030,   39139,   39186,   39230.     Sample  nos.   9940-C,   10324-C,   17932-C, 
30396-C.)
These cases involved tomato catsup that contained filth resulting from worm 
infestation.
On February 1, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 156 cases of tomato 
catsup at Kansas City, Mo. On March 9 and 19, 1937, libels were filed against 
50 cases of the product at New Orleans, La., 17 cases at Tuscon, Ariz., and 
384 cases at New York, N. Y. The libels alleged that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by Val Vita Food Products, Inc., in part on 
or about November 7, 1936, and January 27 and February 4, 1937, from Fuller- 
ton, Calif., and in part on or about February 15, 1937, from Terminal Island, 
Calif., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A 
portion of the article was labeled: "Val Vita Brand Tomato Catsup * * * 
Val Vita Food Products, Inc. * * * Fullerton California." The remainder 
was labeled: "Val Vita Brand Tomato Catsup * * * Orange County 
Canners Inc."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy vegetable substance.
On April 1, 14, and 23 and May 3, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.