3319. Adulteration of tomato pulp. U. S. v. 25 Cases, More or Less, of?
Tomato Pnlp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (F. & D.  No. 5228.     S. No.  1815.)
On May 19, 1913, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New?
York, 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 con??
demnation of 25 cases, more or less, each containing 4 dozen cans of tomato?
pulp, remaining unsold in original unbroken packages, in possession of V. A.?
Savarese, Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped on or?
about May 6, 1913, by William P. Andrews, Wingate's Point, Md., and trans-?
pouted from the State of Maryland into the State of New York, and charging
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adulteration In violation of the Food and Drugs Act The product was labeled:?
" Wind Mill Brand tomato pulp made from tomatoes and fresh tomato trim??
mings with great care   Packed by Wm, P. Andrews, Crapo, Md."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable?
substance.
On August 19, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20, 1914.