Legal Opinion

United States v. Two Hundred Cases of Adulterated Tomato Catsup

District Court, D. Oregon

Decided March 9, 1914No. 6232PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Libel by the United States for the, condemnation o.f two hundred cases of- adulterated tomato catsup.

1Opinion of the Court

BEAN, District Judge.

The United States, proceeding under the Pure Food and Drug Act (34 Stat. at Large 770), filed a libel in this *781court for the condemnation of 200 cases of tomato catsup, .alleging that it was adulterated within the meaning of the act, which declares that a food product is deemed to be adulterated “if it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance.” After the seizure, the product was claimed by the company which manufactured it and the proceedings defended. The claimant admits the interstate shipment and other jurisdictional…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States v. 449 Cases, Containing Tomato PasteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
  2. A. O. Andersen & Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1922
  3. United States v. 184 Barrels Dried Whole EggsDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1943
  4. Kansas City Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Weber Packing Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 1937
  5. United States v. 1851 Cartons Labeled In Part H. & G. Famous Booth Sea Foods Whiting Frosted FishCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945

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