5059. Adulteration of)tomato  puree.    U.  S.  v.  238  Cases of Tomato Puree.    Default decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered; delivered to a public or private charitable instil 
tution.    (F. D. C. No. 9455.    Sample No. 11241-F.)
On March 1, 19.43, the United States attorney for the Northern District.of New- 
York filed a libel against 298 cases, each case containing 6 No. I'd cans, of tomato 
puree at Utica,N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about February 16, 1943, by the Independent Grocers Alliance from 
Oakland,' Califi; and charging'that it was adulterated in that it contained decom- 
posed tomato material. The article was labeled inŠ part: (Cans) "H M Hi Man 
Fancy Tomato Puree * * * Louis T. Snow & Co. Distributors Sa;i Francisco, 
Calif." 
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On June4\ 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered delivered to a public or private charitable 
institution.