?13740. Adulteration of tomato paste. U. S. v. 10 Cases of Tomato Paste. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 20150.    I. S. No. 14269-v.    S. No. E-5358.)
On or about July 6, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of 
Connecticut, 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 10 cases of tomato paste, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New London, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Wm. Silver & Co., Georgetown, Del., on or about November 15, 
1924, and transported from the State of Delaware into the State of Con- 
necticut, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Venetian Queen Brand Tomato Paste 
(Venice Style) Prepared By The Townsend Co. Georgetown, Del."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable substance.
On August 19, 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.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.