12505.  Adulteration of tomato puree.    U.  S. v. 24 Cases of Tomato  Puree. 
Default    decree    of   condemnation,    forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 18783.    I. S. No. 16079-v.    S. No. E-4866.)
On June 10, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Cdurt of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 24 cases of tomato puree remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Fairdale 
Canning Co., Bridgeton, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Bridgeton, N. J., in part on or about December 17, 1923, and in part on or 
about February 2, 1924, and transported from the State of New Jersey into 
the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
;and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Fairdale Brand Tomato 
Puree    *    *    *    Packed by Fairdale Canning Co. Bridgeton, New Jersey."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable sub- 
stance.
On June 30, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GOKE, Secretary of Agriculture.