6434. Adulteration of tomato  puree.    U.  S.   *   *    *   v.   88  Cases   *    *    *   of?
Tomato  Puree.    Default decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,   and
destruction.      F. & D. No. 8639.    I.  S, No.  1045-p.     S   No. E-943.)
On December 6, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 88 cases, each containing 6 cans of tomato puree labeled in?
part, " Tomato Puree * * * Packed by Keough Canning Co., Franklinville,?
N. J.," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Brooklyn, N. Y.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 13, 1917, by the?
Keough Canning Co., Franklinville, N. J., and transported from the State?
of New Jersey into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the Food ana Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel tor the reason that it?
consisted in part or a decomposed vegeraDle substance.
On March 13, 1918, 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.
C. FJ -M&1RV3.N, Acting:Secretary of Agriculture.
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