28853. Adulteration of tomato and celery juice.    TJ. S. v. 28 Cases of Tomato and'
Celery Juice.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. &
D. No. 41757.    Sample No. 14874-D.)
This product was undergoing decomposition.
On or about February 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the District 
of Montana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the- 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 28 cases of tomato- 
and celery juice at Missoula, Mont., alleging that the article had been shipped- 
in interstate commerce on or about January 2, 1936, from Layton, Utah, by 
Blake & Co., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Celto Brand Tomato and Celery 
Juice   *   *   *   Packed for Blake & Blackinton, Ogden, Utah."
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It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On April 1, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.