29885. Adulteration of tomato  catsup.  IT.   S.  v.  202  Gases  of  Catsup. Default
decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D. No. 44177.     Sample 
No. 42918-D.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On October 17, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 202 cases of catsup 
at Kane, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about August 24, 1938, by Farm King Packing Co., Inc., from Fredonia, 
N. Y.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Handy Brand Pure Fancy Catsup."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 23, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.