27844. Adulteration of catsup.   U. S. v. 24 Cases and 40 Cases of Catsup.   Default
decrees  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  Nos.  39702,  39873. 
Sample Nos. 18715-C, 18717-C.)
This product contained filth from insect infestation and a part also contained 
excessive mold.
On June 8 and June 17, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Tennessee, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 24 cases of 
catsup at Memphis, Tenn., and 40 cases of catsup at Dyersburg, Tenn., alleging 
that a portion of the article had been shipped on or about November 9, 1936, 
from Belleville, Ill., by the G. S- Suppiger Co., and that the remainder had been 
shipped by Pennel-Edenton Co., of Dyersburg, Tenn., on or about March 11, 
1937, in its own truck from Kennett, Mo., and that it was adulterated in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Bottles) 
"Inter-Ocean Catsup * * * Packed by Collinsville Canning Co. Collinsville, 
111."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a portion consisted wholly or 
in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance, and the remainder con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On September 7, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.