27944. Adulteration of   tomato  puree.     U.   S   v.   992   Cases   of  Tomato   Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 40176. 
Sample No. 31601-C.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On August 25, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 992 cases of tomato puree at 
Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 9, 1937, by the Barker Canning Co. from Barker, N. Y.,
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article 
was labeled in part: (Can) "Cadet Brand Tomato Puree, J. C. Perry & Co., Inc., 
Distributors Indianapolis, Ind."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy and decomposed vegetable substance since it contained mold.
On November 1, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.