24452. Adulteration of   tomato  puree.     U.   S.   v.   399   Cases   of Tomato  Puree.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 35059. 
Sample no. 27980-D.)
This case involved canned tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On February 4, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 399 cases of tomato 
puree at Cape Girardeau, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 29, 1934, by the G. S. Suppiger 
Co., from Coatesville, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Crystal Springs Brand 
Tomato Puree * * * Packed by Henryville Canning Co., Inc. Henryville, 
Ind."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 23, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.