24482. Adulteration of canned tomatoes.    U. S. v. 14 Cases of Canned Tomatoes.
Default   decree   of   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   35129.    Sample   nos. 
13830-B, 22554-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned tomatoes that contained maggots.
On February 12, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 cases of canned 
tomatoes at Birmingham, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 10, 1934, by W. B. Robinson & Co., of 
Bel Air, Md., from Baltimore, Md., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Indian Creek 
Brand Tomatoes * * * Packed by Kilmarnock Packing Company, Kilmar- 
nock, Virginia."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On March 28, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. It. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.