1773. Adulteration of tomato paste, tomatoes with puree, and peeled tomatoes
with sauce.    U. S. v. Flotill Products, Inc. Plea of guilty.    Fine, $1,100.
(F. D. C. No. 2129. Samples Nos. 56444-D, 56455-D, 56450-D, 72858-D, 
72924-D, 72925-D, 72926-D, 72934-D, 72953-D, 72955-D, 73376-D to 73380-D, 
incl., 73522-D, S5615-D, 92003-D to 92006-D, incl., 92356-D.)
Most lots of these products contained mold, indicating the presence of decom- 
posed material. The remaining lots contained insect fragments or both mold and 
insect fragments.
On December 12, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California filed an information against Flotill Products, Inc., Stockton, Calif., 
alleging delivery for introduction in interstate commerce within the period from 
on or about November 4, 1989, to on «#r about February 8, 1940, from the 
State of California into the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, 
Ohio, and Maine, of quantities of tomato paste, tomatoes with puree, and 
peeled tomatoes with sauce that were adulterated. The articles were labeled 
variously: "Flotta Brand Pure Tomato Paste"; "Guglielmi Brand * * * 
Packed in U. S. A. For R. C. Williams & Co. New York"; "Royal Scarlet 
Tomato Paste R. C. Williams & Co. Inc. Distributors"; "Gina [or "Moosalina" 
or "Coba"] Brand Tomato Paste Packed in California for Moosalina Prod. 
Corp. Brooklyn, N. Y."; "Delsa Brand * * ' * Tomato Paste"; "Pastene 
* * * Plum Tomatoes with Puree * * * Distributed by Pastene & Co., 
Inc."; "Delia Brand Tomato Paste Packed in California For M. De Rosa, Inc. 
New York"; and "F. P. I. Brand Choice Peeled Tomatoes with Sauce."
The tomatoes with puree and one lot of the tomato paste were alleged 
to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in part of filthy and 
decomposed substances. Two lots of the paste were alleged to be adulterated 
in that they consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances. The remaining 
lots of paste and the .peeled tomatoes in the sauce were alleged to be adulterated 
in that they consisted in whole or in part of decomposed substances.
On February 26, 1941, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $1,100.