9288. Adulteration of tomato puree. U.S. * * * v. 8,094 Cans * * * 
of Tomato Puree. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 14021.    I. S. No. 4053-t.     S. No. C-2605.)
On December 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Michigan, 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 8,094 cans, more or less, of tomato purge, remaining unsold 
in the original unbroken packages at Fremont, Mich., originally shipped on 
November 19, 1918, by Jaqua & Co., the packer of the goods, from Winchester, 
Ind., to Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had; been shipped on or about 
January 1, 1919, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Michigan, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the. libel for the 
reason that it consisted in whole and in part of a decomposed, filthy, and putrid 
vegetable substance, namely, decomposed tomatoes and tomato pulp and parts 
thereof.
On March 7, 1921, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.