NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 984, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF TOMATO PULP.
On or about March 18, 1911, there were offered for sale in the 
District of Columbia sixty c.uses of tomato pulp, each of which said 
cases contained four dozen cans labeled as follows: " Pride of Laurel 
Brand—For soup—Tomato Pulp—Packed by H. K. Fooks & Co., 
Laurel, Sussex County, Del." Samples of this product were pro- 
cured and examined by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States 
Department of Agriculture, and were found to contain bacteria, 
200,000,000 per cc, spores at the rate of 330 per one-sixtieth cmm., 
and mold filaments in 85 per cent of the microscopic fields examined. 
As it appeared from the above examination 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 Columbia.
In due course a libel was filed in the Supreme Court of the District 
of Columbia holding a District Court, against the said sixty cases 
of tomato pulp, charging the above offering for sale, and alleging 
that the product was adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy and decomposed animal or vegetable substance, and praying 
seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of the product. Thereupon 
J. T. D. Pyles entered his appearance as claimant to the above prod- 
uct, filed a plea and answer admitting the allegations of the above 
libel, and consenting to a decree of condemnation and forfeiture.
On March 29, 1911, the cause came on for hearing and the court, 
being fully informed in the premises, issued its decree finding said 
product to be adulterated as alleged in said libel, and ordering the 
destruction thereof 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, June £4,1911.
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