626. Adulteration of   tomato   catsup.     IT.   S.   v.   150   Cases   of   Tomato   Catsup.
Default   decree   of   condemnation  and  destruction.     (.F.   D.   C.   No.   1590. 
Sample No. 83570-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain worm and insect fragments.
On March 6, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon filed a 
libel against 150 cases of tomato catsup at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 26, 1940, 
from Vancouver, Wash.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy substance. This lot of goods originally had 
been shipped from San Francisco, Calif., to a Government agency at Vancouver 
Wash., and was rejected and reshipped to Portland, Oreg. It was labeled in 
part: (Can) "Tomato Catsup * * * World's Fair Brand Packed by Sutter 
Packing Company Palo Alto, California."
On April 17,1940, no claimant having appeared, a decree of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.