24450. Adulteration of  tomato   puree.     U.   S.   v.   149   Cases   of  Tomato   Puree.
Default  decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D. no. 34741. 
Sample no. 18273-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned tomato puree that contained exces- 
sive mold.
On January 8, 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 149 cases of tomato 
puree at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
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: "Chic Brand Tomato 
Puree   *    *    *   Hensgen-Peters-Smith Co. Distributors, St. Louis, Mo."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 11, 1935, 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.