28916. Adulteration of Mexican corn chips.    IT. S. v. 24 Cases and 325 Cases of
Tostadas.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
Nos. 41445, 41446.    Sample Nos. 48985-C, 48986-C.)
This product was rancid.
On January 17, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 349 cases of Tostadas at St. 
Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in 
various shipments on or about May 15, June 10, and July 20, 1937, by the 
Tostadas Corporation from Brooklyn, N. Y., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Tostadas
* *    *   The   Original   Mexican   Corn   Chip   *   *    *   Tostadas   Corporation
* *   *   Brooklyn, New York."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 31 and April 19, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.