27434. Adulteration of tomato and celery juice. IT. S. v. 50 Cartons and 700 Cases of Tomato and Celery Juice. Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 39347, 39406. Sample nos. 10179-C, 31154-C.) This product was undergoing a form of chemical decomposition. On April 20, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 cartons of tomato and celery juice at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped In interstate commerce in part on or about October 4, 23, and 24, 1935, by Blake & Co., from Layton, Utah, and in part on or about November 7, 1935, by the Perry Canning Co., from Perry, Utah, for the account of Blake & Co., and charging adulteration In violation of the Food and Drugs Act. On May 21, 1937, a libel was filed in the District of Colorado against 700 cases of celery and tomato juice at Denver, Colo., consigned by Blake & Co., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 31, 1935, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. It was labeled in part: "Celto Brand Tomato and Celery Juice * * * Packed for Blake & Blackinton, Ogden, Utah." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance. On May 27 and July 15, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.