4300.  Adnltex-ation   of  tomato  paste.     V.   S.    *    *    *    v.   25   Cases    *    *    *    of?
Tomato  Paste.      Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 6807.    I. S. No. 15480-k.     S. No. C-290.)
On August 9, 1915, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 25 cases, more or less, each containing 100 cans of tomato?
paste, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages, at Chicago, 111.,?
alleging that the product had been shipped on June 23, 1915, and transported?
from the State of New Jersey into the State of Illinois, and charging adultera??
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that when?
it was so shipped as aforesaid, it consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable?
substance; for the further reason that it consisted in part of a filthy vege??
table substance; and for the further reason that it consisted in part of a?
putrid vegetable substance.
On September 11, 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.
GAEL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
S. R. A.—Chem. Suppl. 17.