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.