26464. Adulteration of tomato puree.     U. S. v. 46 Cases of Canned Tomato Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38309. 
Sample no. 12495-C.)
This case involved tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On October 6, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 46 cases of canned 
tomato puree at Newport, Ky., shipped on or about September 14, 1936, by the 
Sheridan Packing Co., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce from Sheridan, Ind., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Sheridan Brand Tomato 
Puree.    *    *    *    Packed by Sheridan Packing Company, Sheridan, Indiana."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it -consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On November 5, 1936, no claimant have appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.