17487. Adulteration of tomato puree.     U.  S. v.  72  Cases  of Tomato Puree.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 24737.    I. S. No. 028561.    S. No. 3091.)
Samples of the tomato puree from the herein-described interstate shipment 
having been found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attornev for the Southern District of New 
York.
On April 28, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 72 cases of tomato puree, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Newburgh, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by W. E. Robinson 
& Co., Newark Center, Del., on or about January 2, 1930, and had been trans- 
ported from the State of Delaware into the State of New York, and charging
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " United Quality Brand Tomato Puree * * * Packed by United 
Canneries Corporation, Newark, Delaware."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On June 13, 1930, 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.
AETHXJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.