44S4.   Adulteration   of   tomato   pulp.      V.   S.    *    *    *    v.   100   Barrels    *    *    *
of Tomato Palp.     Default decree of condemnation, and forfeiture.
.    Product   ordered   sold.      (F.   &   D.   No.   6573.     I.   S.   No.   3244-k.      S.   No.
C-251.)
On June 11, 1915, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Texas, 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 con??
demnation of 100 barrels, more or less, of tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Houston, Tex., charging that the same was?
adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled:?
" This barrel of pulp contains 8 oz. benzoate of soda, 4 lbs. table salt, prepared?
by D. E. Foote & Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md.. for * * .*, Houston Heights,?
Texas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was rotten, putrid, and totally unfit?
for human consumption and food; that it was sour and partially decomposed,?
and also adulterated in violation of section 7, paragraph 6, of the Food and?
Drugs Act.
On September 27, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it appearing to the court?
that the pulp was not unfit for use or in any way deleterious as food for hogs,?
it was ordered by the court that the product should be sold by the United?
' States marshal, and that the purchaser should give bond in conformity with?
section 10 of the act, in the sum of $250, conditioned that the pulp should not?
be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to law.
C. F. MABvra, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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