NOTICE OE JUDGMENT NO. 1004.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF TOMATO CATSUP.
On October 18, 1910, the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Iowa, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed information in the District Court of the United States 
against the Anderson Canning Co., Keokuk, Iowa, alleging shipment 
by that company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
November 5, 1909, from the State of Iowa into the State of Missouri, 
of a quantity of tomato catsup, a food product, which was adulterated 
and misbranded.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry showed that the product con- 
tained yeasts and spores to the extent of 77 per one-sixtieth cmm., 
with numerous bacteria estimated at 108,000,000 per cc, and abun- 
dant molds. The label contained the statement: " Preserved with 
1/10 of 1 per cent benzoate of soda." Adulteration was alleged for 
the reason that there were present in the product yeasts, spores, bac- 
teria, and abundant molds, and that it was, therefore, composed in 
whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vege- 
table substance. Misbranding was alleged in that the label contained 
the statement that the product contained one-tenth of 1 per cent of 
benzoate of soda, whereas the analysis showed the product to contain 
more than this amount, and the label was, therefore, false and 
misleading.
The defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $200 and costs. On 
June 7, 1911, the court reduced said fine to $40.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June SO, 1911.
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