5215. Adulteration of tomato pulp. IT. S. * * * v. HO Cans of Tomato?
Pulp. Befault decree of eojuleiiaiiatioia, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.    (F. & D. No. 7585.    I. S. No. 1002-m.    S. No. E-689.)
On July 24, 1916, 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 110 cans of tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Hoboken, N. J., alleging that the article -had been shipped?
on or about May 1, 1916, by Williams Brothers Co., Detroit, Mich., and was?
being transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Maine, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was charged in substance in the libel that the article was adulterated for?
the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid vegetable substance.
On August 14, 1916, 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.
GAEL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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