624. Adulteration of tomato catsup.    TJ. S. v. 40 Cases of Catsup (and 2 other
seizure actions against tomato catsup). Default decrees of condemna- 
tion and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 1535, 1680, 1686. Sample Nos. 92328-D, 
92378-D, 12403-E.)
One shipment of this product was found to contain excessive mold, one con- 
tained worm and insect fragments, and in another shipment both conditions were 
found.
On or about February 27, March 23, and March 28, 1940, the United States 
attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Eastern District of Virginia, and 
Southern District of Texas filed libels against 40 cases of tomato catsup at New 
Orleans, La.; 197 cases at Norfolk, Va.; and 23 cases of the same product at 
Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
within the period from on or about January 15 to on or about March 2, 1940, from 
Oakland, Calif., in part by the Stockton Food Products, Inc., and in part by the 
Howard Terminal; and charging that it was adulterated. The article was 
labeled in part: "Real-Red Brand Tomato Catsup Made in Part from Residual 
Tomato Material from Canning.   Stockton Food Products Inc., Stockton, Calif."
The libels alleged adulteration with respect to one shipment in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance: with respect to a second ship- 
ment in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and with 
respect to the third shipment in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy 
and decomposed substance.
On April 12, 22, and 30, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.