24878. Adulteration of concentrated strained tomatoes.    IT. S. v. 51 Cases of
Concentrated   -Strained   Tomatoes.     Default   decree   of   condemnation 
and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 35459.    Sample no. 36279-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of concentrated strained tomatoes 
that contained excessive mold.
On May 4, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 51 cases of concentrated strained 
tomatoes at Fall River, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 15, 1934, by W. H. Neal & Son Co., 
from Hurlock, Md., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Hurlock Brand Concentrated 
Strained Tomatoes   *    *    *   Packed by W. H. Neal & Son Co., Hurlock, Md."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 1, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.