80943. Adulteration of tomato catsup.     U. S. v. 71 Cases of Tomato Catsup.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 45269. 
Sample No. 40978-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain worm and insect fragments.
On May 6, 1939, the United States attorney for the Western District of Texas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 71 cases of tomato catsup at Pecos, 
Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about December 27, 1938, from Los Angeles, Calif., by California Sanitary Co., 
in pool car shipment, for Val Vita Food Products Co.; and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Val Vita Brand Tomato Catsup Val Vita Food Products lac. Fullerton, 
California."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On September 18, 1939, no claimant having appeared. Judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was-ordered destroyed.
GROVER B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.