?20. Adulteration of tomato paste.    U. S. v. 335 Cases of Tomato Paste. 
Default decree of condemnation) forfeiture, and destruction.     (P. &
D. No. 21510.    I. S. No. 12035-x.    S. No. C-5289.)
)n December 30, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
flisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
" rict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
Ijadeinnation of 335 cases of tomato paste, remaining iu the original unbroken 
Ckages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
StJxandria Packing Corporation, Alexandria, Ind., on or about October 9, 1926, 
jid transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Louisiana, and 
Earging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
fbeled in part: (can) "Red Crown Brand Tomato Paste * * * Packed By 
Jfexandria Packing Corp., Alexandria, Ind."
|&t was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. 
^Pn March 10, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
"condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
lafc the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Becretary of Agriculture.