24404. Adulteration of canned tomato pulp.    U. S. v. 350 Cans and 350 Cans of
Tomato   Pulp.    Default   decrees   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. & D. no. 34427.    Sample nos. 19752-B, 19753-B).
These cases involved interstate shipments of tomato pulp that contained 
excessive mold.
On November 26, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of seven hundred 5- 
gallon cans of tomato pulp at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, in part on or about September 21, 1934, and 
in part on a date unknown, by the Vallonia Canning Co., from Vallonia, Ind., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 18, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed. 
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M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.