5437. Adtnltei-ation. of tomato pwljp. V. S. * * * v. 320 Cases of Tomato 
Pulp. 5 efatilt decree of eondemjaatloii, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 8038.    I. S. Nos. 2045-m, 2046-m.    S. No. E-800.)
On January 25, 1917, 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 condemnation of 320 cases of tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Hoboken, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about November 20 and December 2, 1916, by the Mantik Packing Co., 
Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of 
New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Ruxton Brand (or Highland Square Brand) 
tomato pulp    *    *    *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
vegetable substance.
On March 27, 1917, 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.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.