619. Adulteration of tomato catsup.     U. S. v. 75 Cases and 24 Cases of Tomato
Catsup.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. Nos. 
1627, 1659.    Sample Nos. 56494-D, 56495-D.)
One lot of this product contained excessive mold, indicating the presence of 
decomposed material. The remaining lot contained fragments of larvae and 
other filth resulting from worm infestation.
On or about March 12 and 19,1940, the United States attorneys for the Eastern 
District of Texas and the Western District of Texas filed libels against 75 cases 
of tomato catsup at Denton, Tex., and 24 cases of tomato catsup at Mexia, Tex., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
January 27, 1940, by the Howard Terminal from Oakland, Calif.; and charging 
that it was adulterated. It was labeled in part: "Real-Red Brand Tomato 
Catsup   *    *    *    Stockton Food Products Inc., Stockton, Calif."
Adulteration was alleged with respect to one lot in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; and with; respect to the 
other lot in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance.
On April 2 and June 13, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.