13051. Adulteration  of  tomato  pulp.     IT.  S. v.  897  Cases   of  Tomato  Pulp.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 19456.    I. S. No. 19132-v.    S. No. C-4602.)
On December 30, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 897 cases of tomato pulp, at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Gates Canning Co., from Gates, Ind., No- 
vember 8, 1924, and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of 
Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Prairie Creek Brand Hand Packed 
Tomatoes    *    *    *    Packed By Gates Canning Co. Gates, Indiana."
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 February 3, 1925, 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.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Actvng Secretary of Agriculture.