4462. Adulteration of tommto pulp. U. S. * * * v. 50 Cases * * * of?
Tomato Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.    (F. & D. No. 6501.    I. S. No. 14727-k.    S. No. C-215.)
On May 4, 1915, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Iowa, 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 50 cases, more or less, each containing four dozen cans, of tomato?
pulp, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Ottumwa, Iowa,?
alleging that' the article had been shipped, on or about November 10, 1914, and?
transported from the State of Maryland into the State of Iowa, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The shipping cases were?
labeled: " Popular Brand Tomato Pulp." The cans were labeled: " Popular?
Brand Tomato Pulp.   Made from Trimmings and Small Tomatoes."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted of a partially decomposed vegetable substance. It was further alleged?
that the article consisted in whole of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance, unfit for food.
On October 27, 1915, 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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