1152. Adulteration of tomato paste.   U. S. v. 73 Cases of Tomato Paste.    Consent
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 1763.    Sample No. 
72962-D.)
On April 5, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Maine filed a 
libel against 73 cases of tomato paste at Portland, Maine, alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 8, 1940, by the 
Riverbank Canning: Co. from Riverbank, Calif./r and charging that it was adul- 
terated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The 
article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Madonna Fancy Pure Tomato Paste."
On February 8, 1941, the Riverbank Canning Co. having consented to the de- 
struction of the product, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was 
ordered destroyed.