27321. Adulteration of tomato puree.     II. S. v. 228 Cases of Tomato Puree.     De¬
fault   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   39309. 
Sample no. 30114-C.)
This case involved tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On April 2, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 228 cases of tomato puree at Nebraska 
City, Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 31, 1936, by the "Vincennes Packing Corporation from Crothers- 
ville, 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 filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 12,1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
H. A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.