NOTICE  OF JUDGMENT NO. 2176.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Pood and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION   OF  CATSUP.
On November 13, 1911, the United States Attorney for the North- 
ern District of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 100 cases of catsup, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession 
of H. L. Singer, Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the product had been 
shipped on October 26, 1911, and transported from the State of 
Maryland into the State of Georgia and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: 
(On cases) "Six—No. 10 cans—Somerset Club Brand Catsup—Pre- 
pared from Tomato Trimmings, Sugar, Onions, Spices, Grain Vinegar, 
1/10 of 1% Benzoate of Sodium." (On cans) "Somerset Club Brand 
Catsup—Prepared from Tomato Trimmings, Sugar, Onions, Spices, 
Grain Vinegar, 1/10 of 1% Benzoate of Sodium. Packed by S. J. 
Van Lill Co., Baltimore, Md."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable sub- 
stance and was deleterious to health.
On October 22, 1912, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was 
further ordered that the product should be destroyed hj the United 
States marshal.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 6, 1913.
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