15308. Adulteration of tomato pulp.     V.  S. -v. .700 Do^es   Cans  of Toroato
Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No..21922.    I. S. No. 14778-x.     S. No. B-6135.)
On May 18, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
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 700 dozen cans of tomato pulp, remaining unsold at Camden, N. J., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Princeton Canning Co.
* Brownsbui'g, 
Ind., on or about April 21, 1927, and transported from the State of Indiana 
into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in fhat it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On July 26, 1927, 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. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.