31048. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    TT. S. v. 550 Cartons of Tomato Catsup.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 45440. 
Sample No. 62710-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain worms and insect fragments.
On June 3, 1939, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel against 550 cartons of tomato catsup at Lake Charles, 
La.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about January 5, 1939, 
by the Val Vita Food Products, Inc., from Los Angeles, Calif.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. It was 
labeled in part: "Monte Bio Brand Tomato Catsup."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy vegetable substance.
On January 16, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
GROVER B. HILL. Acting Secretary of Agriculture.