9538. Adulteration of tomato pulp. V. S. * * * v. 24J Cases of Canned 
Tomato Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 9635.    I. S. No. 15367-r.     S. No. E-1224.)
On January 31, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, 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 24^ cases of canned tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Mantik Packing Co., Baltimore, Md., on or about December 12, 
1918, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of Virginia, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part, " Ruxton Brand Tomato Pulp."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On October 4, 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.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.