13120. Adulteration of tomato puree.    V. S. v. 250 Cases of Tomato Puree.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 19533.    I. S. No. 17120-v.    S. No. E-5Ill.)
On January 23, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, 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 250 cases of tomato puree, consigned by the 
Davis Canning Co., Laurel, Del., remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped from Laurel, 
Del., on or about October 4, 1924, and transported from the State of Delaware 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Tomato Puree 
Packed By The Davis Canning Co. Laurel, Del."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On February 25, 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.
K. W. DtnsiXAP, A.cting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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