12757. Adulteration of tomato puree. TJ. S. v. 53 Cases and 81 Cases of 
Tomato Puree. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction. (F. & D. No. 18782. I. S. Nos. 12956-v, 12957-v. S. No. 
E-4865.)
On June 11, 1924, 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 134 cases of tomato puree, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Fairdale Canning Co., from Bridgeton, N. J., November 5, 1923, and 
transported from the State of New Jersey into the State of New York, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Can) "Fairdale Brand Tomato Puree * * * Packed By 
Fairdale Canning Co., Bridgeton, New Jersey."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On October 20, 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, Secretary of Agriculture.