29211. Adulteration of canned tomato puree.    TJ. S. v. 356 Gases of Tomato Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 42256. 
Sample No. 21421-D.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On April 27, 1938, 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 356 cases of tomato puree at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about March 2, 1938, by Swayzee Canning Co., from Swayzee, Ind.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Hiatt Brand Tomato Puree. Packed by the Swayzee Canning 
Co., Incorporated, Swayzee Ind."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed and filthy vegetable substance.
On July 15, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.