3852.  Adulteration   of  tomato   palp.     U.   S.   "v.   552   Cases   of   Tomato   Pulp.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D.  No.  5193.    I.  S.  Nos.   8952-e,  8953-e.     S.  No.   1795.)
On May 1, 1913, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 552 cases, each containing 48 cans of tomato pulp, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on December 20, 1912, and transported from the?
State of Maryland into the State pf Illinois, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted wholly of a filthy, decomposed and [or] putrid vegetable substance.?
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the product consisted in?
part of a filthy, decomposed and [or] putrid vegetable substance.
On March 30, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court?
that the products should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 25, 1914.