1466. Adulteration of canned pumpkin.   U. S. v. 63 Cases and 194 Cases of Canned
Pumpkin.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 3479, 3480.   Sample Nos. 39254-E, 39841-E.)
This product contained a glasslike mineral substance.
On December 5, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri filed libels against 63 cases and 194 cases of canned pumpkin at
St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about March 12, 1940, by the Salinger Brokerage Co. from New 
Boston, Ill; and charging that it was adulterated. The article was labeled in 
part: (Oans) "Laclede Brand Pumpkin"; or "Toni-Boy Fancy Solid Pack 
Pumpkin."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added deleterious 
glasslike mineral substance which might have rendered it injurious to health; 
in that it was unfit for food; and in that a glasslike substance had been 
substituted wholly or in part for pumpkin, and had been added thereto or 
mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality.
On December 31,1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
TOMATO PRODUCTS
Nos. 1467 to 1487, except 1470, 1480, and 1486, report the seizure and 
disposition of tomato products that contained excessive mold, indicating the 
presence of decomposed material.