S73 5. Adulteration of canned tomato puree. U. S. * * * v. 25 Cases of?
Canned Tomato Puree. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 2452. I. S. No. 7282-r. S. No.?
C-1932.)
On May 10, 1920, the United States attorney for the "Western District of Ken??
tucky, 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?
condemnation of 25 cases of canned tomato puree, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Louisville, Ivy., shipped by the Lapel Canning-?
Co., Lapel, Ind., on or about February 26, 1920, alleging transportation from?
the State of Indiana into the State of Kentucky, and charging adulteration?
under the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub?
stance.
On July 1, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default?
decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
I'l D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.