4502.  A&wlteratioji   of   tomato   pulp.     TJ.   S.  v.   3,972   Cans   of   Tomato   Palp.
Default    decree     of    coMtleuimation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.?
(F. & D. No. 6904.    I. S. No. 10505-1.    S. No. C-344.)
On October 6, 1915, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 3,972 cans, each containing 1 gallon, of tomato pulp, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, III., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on September 10, 1915, and transported from the State?
of Indiana into the State of Illinois, and charging- adulteration in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that, when?
it was so shipped as aforesaid, it consisted in part of a filthy vegetable sub??
stance; for the further reason that it consisted, in part, of a decomposed vege??
table substance; for the further reason that it consisted, in part, of a putrid?
vegetable substance; for the further reason that it consisted wholly of a filthy?
vegetable substance; for the further reason that it consisted wholly of a de??
composed vegetable substance, and for the further reason that it consisted?
wholly of a putrid vegetable substance.
On November 4, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the property should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CAKE VKOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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