24756. Adulteration of canned tomato  puree.    U.  S. v.  150  Cases  of  Canned
Tomato   Puree.     Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. & D. no. 35253.    Sample no. 31817-B.)
This case involved a shipment of canned tomato puree that contained ex- 
cessive mold.
On March 12, 1985, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 150 cases of canned; 
tomato puree at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about December 27, 1934, by the Matthews Canning 
Co., from Matthews, Ind., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 3, 1935, the Matthews Canning Co. having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that 
the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.