F. & D. No. 2062.
S. No. 739.	
Issued June 16,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 893, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF TOMATO PASTE.
On or about October 19, 1910, the Sachem-Mead Company, Guil??
ford, Conn., shipped from the State of Connecticut into the State of?
New Jersey a consignment of 86 barrels of tomato paste. Samples?
of this product were procured and examined in the Bureau of Chem??
istry, United States Department of Agriculture, and it was found to?
contain 800,000,000 bacteria per gram and 80 yeasts and spores per?
one-sixtieth milligram, with mold filaments present in 95 per cent of?
the microscopic fields examined, and numerous portions of decayed?
tissue visible to the eye. As it appeared from the findings of the?
analyst and report thereon that the product was adulterated within?
the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and liable?
to seizure under section 10 of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture?
reported the facts to the United States attorney for the District of?
New Jersey.
On November 12, 1910, a libel was filed in the District Court of?
the United States for the said district against 25 barrels of the above?
product then remaining undisposed of, charging the above shipment?
and alleging the product so shipped to be adulterated, in that it con??
sisted of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance, and?
praying seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of the product.
On December 6, 1910, the cause came on for hearing and no claim??
ant to the above product having appeared or answer having been filed?
to the allegations of the above libel, the court, being fully informed in?
the premises, issued its decree condemning and forfeiting the product?
to the use of the United States for the cause alleged in said libel, and?
ordering its destruction by the marshal of said district.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 19,1911.
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