29059. Adulteration of canned tomato puree.    U. S. v. 938 Cases and 222 Cases
of Tomato  Puree.     Consent decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 42182. 42183.   Sample Nos. 15520-D, 15521-D.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On or about April 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filled in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,160 cases of tomato 
puree at Lawrence, Kans.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce in part on or about September 24, 1937, and in part on or 
about February 9, 1938, by Columbus Foods Corporation from Columbus, Wis.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed and filthy vegetable substance
On May 14, 1938, the Columbus Foods Corporation, claimant, having con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.