26422. Adulteration of tomato Juice.    TJ. S. v.  1,250  Cases,  et aL, of Tomato
Juice. Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F, & D. nos. 
88139, 88140.    Sample no. 13351-C.)
These cases involved interstate shipments of tomato juice that was in part 
decomposed.
On August 12, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 1,805 cases of canned 
tomato juice at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about June 19, 1936, by G. L. Webster Co., Inc., 
from Cheriton, Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Webster's Tomato Juice * * * 
Packed by G. L. Webster Canning Co., Incorporated, Cheriton, Va."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On September 29, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed,
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.