S14S. Adulteration of tomato puree. XJ. S. * * * v. 75 Cases, More or?
IJCSS, of Tomato Purge. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 1259G. I. S. No.
' 8145-r. S. No.?
C-1911.)
On or about April 22, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western Dis??
trict of Missouri, 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 75 cases of tomato puree, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about December 30, 1919, by the Morgan Packing. Co., Austin,?
Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Missouri,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article?
was labeled in part, "Scott Co. Brand Tomato Puree Scott County Canned?
Foods Gen. Scott Packed with great care and cleanliness after our improved?
process Minimum Weight S Oz.   Morgan Packing Co.   Austin, Ind."
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained an excess of molds and bacteria and that it?
consisted in part of decomposed vegetable matter.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that the article con??
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.   .
On June 1, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
K. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.