9578. Adulteration of  tomato   puree.     TT.   S.     *      *      *     v.  49  Cases     *      *      *
of * * * Tomato Puree. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 12640. I. S. No. 10796-r. S. No. 
C-1939.)
On May 21, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 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 
49 cases, more or less, of tomato puree, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Wichita, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Morgan Packing Co., Austin, Ind., on or about October 21, 1919, and 
transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Kansas, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part, "Scott Co. Brand Tomato Puree."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance.
On September 27, 1920, 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 be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PTJGSOJY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.