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"~ On December8* 3.925, the United ?? States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filedin the District 
Court of the United States for said district & libel praying^seizure and condem- 
nation of 146 cases of tomato puree, at Limay Ohio, alleging that the. article had 
been shipped by the Lapel Canning Co., Lapel, Ind., on or about October 10,; 1925, 
and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Ohio* and-charging 
:       adulteration in violation of the food "and drugs act.   The article was; labeled ;in 
part: "Lapel Brand Tomato Puree   *   *   *   Packed by Lapel Canning Go., 
.   Lapel, Indiana."   V 
J It was alleged in the libel that the article; was adulterated, in that it con-
*       sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decorpposed, or putrid vegetable substance. 
I ? On August 28, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment
'       of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,'and it wasordered by the court that 
I       the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.     ;
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- : W;;M.JABDINE, Secretary of Agrihulture.