24742. Adulteration of tomato  puree.    U.   S.  v.   100  Cases  and 197  Cases  of
Tomato   Puree.    Default   decrees   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 35164, 35185.    Sample nos. 20814-B, 20824-B.)
These cases involved canned tomato puree that contained excessive mold.
On February 21 and February 27, 1935, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 297 cases of canned tomato puree in part at Pittsburgh, Pa., and in part at 
McKeesport, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 12, 1935, by the Minster Canneries, Inc., from 
Minster, Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. A portion of the article was labeled: "V and H Fancy Whole Tomato 
* * * Packed by Minster Canneries, Inc. Minster, O." The remainder was 
labeled in part: "Master Chef Brand Whole Tomato Puree * * * Distrib- 
uted by Potter-McCune Co. McKeesport, Pa."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 8, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.