12041. Adulteration   of   canned   tomatoes.    U.   S.   v.   340   Cases   of   Canned
Tomatoes.    Default  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 17877.    I. S. No. 1080-v.    S. No. B-4511.)
On October 29, 1923, the United States" attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 340 cases of canned tomatoes, at Baltimore, Md., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the United Canneries Corp., from Newark, Del., 
on or about September 21, 1923, and transported from the State of Delaware 
into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article wasi alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 26, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment'of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.