19081. Adulteration of tomato puree.    U. S. v. 174 Cases of Tomato Puree.
Default decree of forfeiture and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26799. 
I. S. No. 13227.    S. No. 4951.)
Samples of tomato puree from the shipment herein described having been 
found to contain excessive mold, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of California.
On July 22, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 174 cases of tomato puree, remaining in the original unbToken 
packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about June 1, 1931, by the Pleasant Grove Canning Co., from Pleasant 
Grove, Utah, and had been transported in interstate commerce from the State 
of Utah into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Cases and cans) 
"Timpanogos Brand Tomato Puree Packed by Pleasant Grove Canning Co., 
Pleasant Grove-Orem, Utah."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 23, 1932, claimant having defaulted, judgment of forfeiture was 
entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the 
United States marshal.
ABTHTJR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.