14447. Adulteration of tomato puree.     V. S. vi 798 Cases of Tomato Puree.
Default    decree   of   condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 20853.    I. S. No. 1481-x.    S. No. C-4946.)
On or about February 15, 1926, 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 
seizure and condemnation of 798 cases of tomato puree, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Hobbs Tomato Products Co., from Hobbs, Ind., December 12, 1925, 
and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Illinois, 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 June 22, 1926, 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.
? -?-.?       W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.