8932.?Adulteration   of   tontato   puree.      U.   S.      *      *      *      v.   1,400   Cases   of
Tomato   Puree.     Default   deci'ee   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 10585.    I. S. No. 8830-r.    S. No. C-1280.)
On June 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 1,400 cases of tomato puree, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by the Morgantown Packing Co., Portland, Ind., on or about November 25, 1918,?
and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Missouri, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was?
labeled in part, " True Value Brand Tomato Pur6e Packed by The Morgan-?
town Packing Co.   Morgantown, Ind."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
On January 4, 1921, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.