14746. Adulteration of canned tomatoes.   U. S. v. 47 Cases   *    *    *    (and 1 \
other seizure action).   (F. D. C. Nos. 25876, 25877.   Sample Nos. 23621-K   '¦ 
23624-K.) 
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LIBELS FILED :   October 25,1948, Northern District of Mississippi. 
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ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about August 24,1948, by the Humboldt Canning Co, I 
from Humboldt, Tenn. 
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PRODUCT:   47 cases and 178 cases, each containing 24   1-pound, 3-ounce cans I 
of tomatoes at Columbus, Miss. 
LABEL IN PART :    "Dyer Brand   Hand Packed Tomatoes.*' 
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NATURE OF CHARGE:    Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of maggots- - 
and, Section 402 (a)   (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions : 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 
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DISPOSITION : December 2, 1948. The sole intervener having consented to the 
entry of decrees, judgments were entered ordering the product destroyed.     *'¦