4647. Adulteration of tomato pulp. V. S. * * * v. 00 Cases * * * of To??
mato Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 7021,    I. S. No. 11525-1.    S. No. C-377.)
On January 27, 1916, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 90 cases, more or less, each containing 48 cans, of tomato?
pulp, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, 111.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped on September 30, 1915, and trans??
ported from the State of Indiana into the- State of Illinois, and charging?
adulteration 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 filthy vegetable sub??
stance, for the further reason that it consisted in part of a decomposed vege??
table substance, and for the further reason that it consisted in part of a putrid?
vegetable substance.
On April 15, 1916, no claimant have 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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