27624. Adulteration of canned tomato puree.     V. S. v. 913 Gases and 996 Cases
of  Tomato Puree.    Default  decree  of  condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 39422, 39431.    Sample Nos. 33260-C, 33261-C.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On April 27, 1937, 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 1,909 cases of 
tomato puree at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
Interstate commerce on or about March 10 and March 31, 1937, by the Oconomo- 
wac Canning Co. from Sun Prairie, Wis., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
"Barco Brand Tomato Puree   Distributors   B. A. Railton Co.   Chicago."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 8, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.