28782. Adulteration of canned tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 20 Cases of Canned To¬
mato Catsup.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D.
No. 41473.    Sample No. 416-D.)
This product contained filth resulting from worm infestation.
On or about January 25, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of 
Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 20 cases of canned 
tomato catsup at Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about January 7, 1938, by Val Vita Food Products, 
Inc., from Los Angeles, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Val Vita Brand Tomato 
Catsup   *   *    *   Val Vita Products, Inc., Fullerton, California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On March 30, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation, 
with order of destruction, was entered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.