5403. Adulteration of tomato pulp. U. S. * * * V. 350 Cases of Tomato 
Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 7934.    I. S. No. 2538-m.    S. No. B-776.
On December 21, 1916, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, 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 350 cases of tomato pulp, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about December 10, 1918, by the Mantik Packing Co., Baltimore, 
Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of New York, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Ruxton Brand Tomato Pulp Made from Tomatoes and 
Tomato Trimmings   *   *    *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged, in substance, in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in particular, wholly or in part, of a decomposed vegetable 
substance.
On January 10, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CAUL YEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.