13385. Adulteration of tomato paste. U. S. v. 124 Cases of Tomato Paste. 
Default    deeree   of   condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 20034.    I. S. No. 13813-v.    S. No. Et-5303.)
On April 22, 1925, 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 prayyig the seizure 
and condemnation of 124 cases of tomato paste, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by William Silver ,& Co. (Inc.), from Aberdeen, Md., on or about 
December 30, 1924, and transported from the State of Maryland into the State 
of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
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 May 16, 1925, 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.