15514. Adulteration of canned tomatoes. V. S. v. 50 Cases ot Canned To- 
ll 
inatoes. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
i 
tion.     (F. & D. No   21511     I. S. No. 7508-x.    S. No. E-5924.)
I 
On December 31, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District
f 
of South Carolina, 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 50 cases of canned tomatoes, remaining in the 
oi'iginal unbroken packages at Florence, S C, alleging that the article had 
been shipped by J. W. Gillaspie & Co, from Appomattox, Va., October 8, 1926, 
and transported, from the State of Virginia into the State of South Carolina, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Pride of Bedford Brand Tomatoes * * * Packed by 
J. W. Gillaspie & Co., Bedford, Virginia."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article consisted of swells 
|J 
and springers, and was adulterated, in that it consisted wholly or in part of a
filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On November 11, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
|f^ 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
%j 
W. M. JARDIKE, Secretary of Agriculture.
}'