14092. Adulteration   of   tomato   puree.    U.   S.   v.   1,157   Cases   of   Tomato
Puree.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 20729.    I. S. Nos. 4342-x, 4343-*x.    S. No. C-4913.)
On December 21, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, 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 1,157 cases of tomato puree, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Morgan & Adams Co., Cayuga, Ind., in part on or about Sep- 
tember 24, 1925, and in part on or about October 5, 1925, and transported 
from the State of Indiana into the State of Missouri, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act.
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 sub- 
stance.
On February 11, 1926, 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. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.