24442. Adulteration of tomato puree.    U. S. v. 172 Cases of Tomato Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 35024. 
Sample no. 27951-B.)
This case involved tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On January 25, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 172 cases of tomato 
puree at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about December 8, 1934, by the Wabash Valley Canning 
Co., Inc., from Attica, Ind., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Wabash Valley Brand Tomato 
Puree   *    *    *   Packed by Wabash Valley Canning Co.   Attica, Indiana."
The article was alleged to be adulterated In that It consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 12, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.