12281. Adulteration of tomato stock:. U. S. v. 404 Cases of Tomato Stock. 
Default    decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 18198.    I. S. No. 199-v.    S. No. E-4646.)
On December 24, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 404 cases of tomato stock, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by Greenabaum Bros. (Inc.), from Seaford, Del., on or about 
October 19, 1923, and transported from the State of Delaware into the State 
of New York, and charging adulteration in 'violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) " Jubilee Brand Tomato Stock * * * 
Packed by Greenabaum Bros.; Inc., Seaford, Sussex County, Del."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted! in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed vegetable 
substance.
On April 28, 1924, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.