1475. Adulteration of tomato puree.   IT. S. v. 140 Cases of Tomato Puree, Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 3656. Sample No. 
43133-E.)
On or about January 24, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri filed a libel against 140 cases of tomato puree at Kansas 
City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about November 12, 1940, by the Colorado Packing Plant from Canon City, 
Colo.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Royal 
Gorge Brand Tomato Puree?r
On March 14, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.