25185. Adulteration of  tomato  puree.     U.   S.  v.   508  Cases,   et  al.,   of  Tomato
Puree.     Default   decrees  of   condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.   & D.
nos. 35687 to 35690, incl.    Sample nos. 32271-B, 32272-B, 32335-B, 32336-B.)
These cases involved canned tomato puree that contained excessive mold. 
On June 29 and July 1, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 1,003 cases and ( 
147 cans of tomato puree at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 8, 1935, by the Rio Grande 
Valley Canning Co., from Mission, Tex., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: 
"Valley Rose Brand Tomato Puree * * * Packed by Riona Products Co., 
Inc., Mullen, Texas." The remainder was labeled in part: "Puree A and F 
Brand Tomatoes * * * Packed and Shipped by Rio Grande Valley Canning 
Co., Edinburg, Texas."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 30, 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.