24145. Adulteration of tomato puree.    U. S. v. 824 Cases of Tomato Puree.
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.
34381.    Sample no. 17616-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of tomato puree which was found 
to contain excessive mold.
On November 15, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 824 cases of 
tomato puree at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 18, 1934, by the Butterfleld 
Canning Co., from Muncie, Ind., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Sun Red Brand 
Tomato  Puree   *   *    *   Packed  by  Butterfleld  Canning  Co.   Muncie,  Ind."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On December 8, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.