22786. Adulteration of tomato puree.    IT. S. v. 176 Cases, more or less, of 
Tomato   Puree.    Default   decree   of   condemnation.    (F.   &   D.   no.
32729.    Sample nos. 12232-A, 62506-A.)
This case involved a shipment of tomato puree that contained excessive 
mold.
On May 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court 
of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 175 cases of tomato puree at Washington, D. C, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about February 
2,1934, by the Geneva Preserving Co., from Wilson, N. Y., and charging adulter- 
ation in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Approval Brand Tomato Puree * * * Distributors M. E. Horton, Inc., 
Washington, D. C."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 26, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be disposed of by the United States marshal in such manner as would not 
violate the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.