4205. Adultei-ation of tomato puli>. V. S, * *-..*. v. 1,000 Cans of Tomato?
Pulp. Default decree of condemnation., forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 6780. - I. S. No.
? 5376-k.    S.No. E-373.)
On July 80, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey,?
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 1,000 five-gallon cans of tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Farmingdale, N. J., alleging that the product had?
been shipped on or about July IS, 1915, and transported from the State of?
Indiana into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable and animal substance.
On September 23, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States -marshal.
(The report of this department, upon which the proceedings in this case were?
based, did not include a finding that the product consisted of a decomposed?
animal'substance.)
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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