5091.  Adulteration of tomato puree.     TJ. S. v. l,f?00 Cases of Tomato Puree. 
W- DefauJt decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. &
D. No. 20957.    I. S. Nos. 6691-x, 6692-x, 6693-x.    S. No. E-5213.)
MOn March 25, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
lorida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the D is- 
let Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
ohdemnation of 1,500 cases' of tomato puree,  remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Tampa, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Cates Canning Co., from Cates,  Ind., in various consignments, on or 
out Oetober 5, 10, and 24, 1925, respectively, and transported from the State 
"f Indiana into the State of Florida, and charging adulteration in violation of 
_the food and drugs act
?' It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
/in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. 
?C On May C, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
^condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
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'ihG product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.