19233. Adulteration of tomato puree.    U. S. v. 32  Cases of Tomato Puree.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 26725-a.    I. S. No. 11815.    S. No. 4876.)
Samples of tomato puree from the shipment herein described having been 
found to contain excessive mold, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of California.
On July 22, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 32 cases of tomato puree, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about April 8, 1931, by the Pleasant Grove Canning Co., from Pleasant 
Grove, Utah, and had been transported in interstate commerce from the State 
of Utah into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) " Fresh Ripe, 
Brand Tomato Puree Packed for Pacific Wholesale Grocery Company, Los 
Angeles."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 23, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.