3455. Adulteration of tomato pulp. U. S. v. 200 Cases of Tomato Pulp. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5489. I. S. No. 2976-h. S. No.?
2052.)
On December 17, 1913, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Texas, 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 200 cases, each containing 4 dozen cans of tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Beaumont, Tex., alleging that the product had been?
transported from the State of Maryland into the State of Texas, and charging adul??
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The cases were labeled: "Net?
weight on labels. J. Langrall and Bro. Packers of the (picture of Indian chief) 4?
dozen No. 1 cans Maryland Chief Brand Tomato Pulp, Baltimore, Md." (Stencil?
on side:) "Reed, Beaumont, Texas." Each of the cans was labeled: "Maryland?
Chief Brand Tomato Pulp made from pieces and trimmings of tomatoes Packed by?
J. Langrall & Bro., Inc., Baltimore, Md. Maryland Chief Brand (picture of Indian?
chief) Trade Mark Registered 1878, Contents 11 oz."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted?
in whole or in part of filthy, decomposed and [or] putrid vegetable substance unfit?
for food
; that is to say, tomatoes containing an excessive number of bacteria, yeasts?
and spores and moldy fragments of the product partially decomposed.
On April 9, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914.
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[September, 1914.