27698. Adulteration of   canned   tomato   puree.     U.   S.   v.  32   Cases   of   Tomato
Puree.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
39861.    Sample No. 49003-C.)
This product was found to contain excessive mold.
On June 17, 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 32 cases of tomato puree at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about May 24, 1937, by the Loudon Packing Co. from Terre Haute, Ind., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: (Cans) "Traymore Brand Tomato Puree Distributors Cen- 
tral Grocers Cooperative Inc Chicago Ill."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 13, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.