25573. Adulteration of  tomato  puree.    U.   S.  v.   159  Cases  of Tomato  Puree.
Default  decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.  35737. 
Sample no. 33929-B.)
This case involved canned tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On July 6, 1935, 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 159 cases of tomato puree at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about June 12, 1935, by the Minster Canners, Inc., from Minster, Ohio, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Kenmore Tomato Puree * * * John Sexton and Co. 
Distributors Chicago, Brooklyn."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 13, 1936, 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.