5828.    Adulteration of    tomato    pulp.       U.    S.       *        * *      v.    50    Cases    of
Tomato   Pulp.      Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No.  8340.    I. S. No. 2303-p.     S. No.  E-861.)
On July 16, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, 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 50 cases of tomato pulp, consigned by J. D. Sisler Co., Wilming- 
ton, Del., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, 
Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about June 21, 1917, and 
transported from the State of Delaware into the State of Pennsylvania, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part, " Ruxton Brand Tomato Pulp. Mantik Packing Company, 
Distributors.    *    *    *    Baltimore, Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On August 10, 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.