3569. Adulteration of  spaghetti sauce.    U.  S. v.  13%   Cases and 12 Cases of
Spaghetti   Sauce.    Default  decrees   of   condemnation  and  destruction.
(was. C. Nos. 7128, 7353.    Sample Nos. 64937-E, 64947-E.)
On March 31 and April 15, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania filed libels against 25% cases, each full case con- 
taining 24 cans, of spaghetti sauce at Erie, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 5, 1942, by Ragu 
Packing Co. from Rochester, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The article 
was labeled in part: (Kans.) "Ragan Brand Contents 10% Ozs. * * * Ital- 
ian Style Spaghetti—Sauce."
On May 13 and 19, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.