4436. Adulteration of tomato puree.    IT. S. y. 154 Gases and 140 Cases of Tomato
Puree.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (P.-D. C. No.
8647, 8685.    Sample Nos. 4445-F, 32701-F.)
On October 26 and 31, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western Dis- 
trict of Kentucky filed libels against 154 cases, each containing 48 cans, and 140 
cases, each containing 6 No. 10 cans, of tomato puree at Louisville, Ky., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September
3 and 28,1942, by Kenneth N. Rider Co., Inc., from Trafalgar, 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) "Bed Gold Brand Indiana 
Tomato Puree."
On December 17, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.