24901. Adulteration of tomato puree.    U.  S.  v. 413   Cases  of Tomato  Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 35371. 
Sample no. 26157-B.)
This case involved a shipment of tomato puree that contained worm and 
insect debris.
On April 13, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 413 cases of tomato puree 
at Denver Colo., consigned by the Varney Canning Co., Roy, Utah, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 
10 and September 24, 1934, from Roy, Utah, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "Chief 
Brand Puree Utah Tomato."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance 
On June 29, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.