6831. Adulteration of tomato pulp. XT. S, * * * v. 700 Cases of Tomato?
Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 9335.    I. S. No. 6258-r.    S. No. C-971.)
On September 20, 1918, 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 700 cases of tomato pulp, at Houston, Texas, alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about September 27, 1917, by Gibbs Preserving
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Co., Baltimore, McL, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State?
of Texas, charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea??
son that it was decomposed and putrid.
On November 30, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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.