3141. Adulteration of tomato puree.    TJ. S. v. 416 Cases and 334 Cases of Tomato
Puree.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction* .-.(F. D.C. Nos.;
6558,6765.    Sample Nos. 84708-E. 89036-E.)
- On December:23, 1941, and January 26,-1942,: the United -States attorney for 
the Southern District of New York filed libels against 750 cases, each contain- 
ing 6 No. 10 cans, of tomato puree at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article bad been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 24 and
November 5, 1941, and January 5, 1942, by Salem County Canners, Inc., from 
Quinton, N. J.; 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) "Empress Brand Tomato Puree F. H. Leggett & Co. Distributors New 
York, N. Y." 
. On March 2, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.