8136. Adulteration of tomato puree. IT. S. v. 398 Cases of Tomato Puree. Default 
decree of destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 6229.    Sample No. 58835-B.)
. On November 15,1941, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota 
filed a libel against 398 cases, each containing 6 No. 10 cans, of tomato puree 
at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 20, 1941, by Butterfield Canning Co. from 
Muncie, Ind.; 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) 
"Indian Brand Puree of Tomatoes."
On January 15, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered 
ordering that the product be destroyed.