%.  15293. Adulteration of tomato na?te.     U.  S. v. i!70 Cases  of Tomato Paste. 
DefaTil*   decree   of   cond'einnution,   fonfeitutfe,   anid!   destruction.
(F.   &  D    Noa.   23479   to   21485,   incl      I    S    Nos.   12034-x,   12037-x,     S.   No. 
C-5286.)
On December 22, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, 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 270 cases of tomato paste, at New Orleans, La., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by John S. Mitchell, Inc., Windfall, 
J,nd? on or about September 21, 1926, and transported from the State of 
Indiana into the State of Louisiana, and charging adulteration, in violation 
ot the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (cans) "Regal 
tiirand (or "Imperial Brand") Pure Tomato Paste Distributed Bv John S 
Mitchell, Inc., Windfall, Ind."
i.'   It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
RS
On March 10, 1927, 'no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered, by the co.urt 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.   i
W. M. JARDINE, Secretdry of Agriculture.