24212. Adulteration of tomato paste.    V.  S.  v.  67  Cases  of  Tomato  Paste.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 32845. 
Sample no. 69759-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of tomato paste which was found to 
contain excessive mold.
On June 12, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 67 cases of canned 
tomato paste at Brooklyn, N. Y., consigned by the Italian Food Products Co., 
Inc., Long Beach, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about December 4, 1933, and January 31, 1934, from Long 
Beach, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Campania Brand Concentrated 
Tomato Paste * * * Packed by Italian Food Products Co. Inc. Long Beach, 
California."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 11, 1935, no claimant appearing, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.