24586. Adulteration of  tomato  puree.    V.  S.  v.  650  Cases  of Tomato Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34525. 
Sample no. 25835-B.)
This case involved canned' tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On December 8, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 650 cases of canned 
tomato puree at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 24, 1984, by J. R. Poole Co. 
(manufacturer, Great Lakes Packing Co., Farnham, N. Y.) from Farnham, 
N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Old Gold Brand Tomato Puree Packed for Geo. 
D. Emerson Co., Boston, Mass."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 22, 1985, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.